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Compeer vs Accomplice - What's the difference?

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Compeer is a related term of accomplice.


As nouns the difference between compeer and accomplice

is that compeer is (obsolete) the equal or peer of someone else; someone who is a close companion or associate of someone else while accomplice is (rare) a cooperator.

As a verb compeer

is to be equal with; to match.

compeer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) the equal or peer of someone else; someone who is a close companion or associate of someone else
  • * Milton
    • And him thus answer'd soon his bold compeer .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To be equal with; to match.
  • * Shakespeare
    • In my rights, / By me invested, he compeers the best.

    Anagrams

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    accomplice

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) A cooperator.
  • * Success unto our valiant general, And happiness to his accomplices ! - Shakespeare, Henry VI Part I, V-ii
  • (legal) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.
  • * And thou, the cursed accomplice of his treason. - Johnson
  • * Suspected for accomplice to the fire. -

    • Usage notes

    * Followed by with'' or ''of'' before a person and by ''in'' (or sometimes ''of'') before the crime; as, A was an ''accomplice'' with B in the murder of C. Dryden uses it with ''to before a thing.

    Synonyms

    * abettor, accessory, assistant, associate, confederate, coadjutor, ally, promoter; see abettor.