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Confederate vs Abettor - What's the difference?

confederate | abettor |

As nouns the difference between confederate and abettor

is that confederate is a supporter or resident of the confederate states of america while abettor is one that abets an offender; one that incites; instigates; encourages .

As an adjective confederate

is of or relating to the confederate states of america.

confederate

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • a member of a confederacy
  • an accomplice in a plot
  • * Macaulay
    • He found some of his confederates in gaol.
  • (psychology) An actor who participates in a psychological experiment pretending to be a subject but in actuality working for the researcher (also known as a "stooge").

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of, relating to, or united in a confederacy
  • banded together; allied.
  • * Shakespeare
    • All the swords / In Italy, and her confederate arms, / Could not have made this peace.

    Quotations

    * , Youth's Antiphony, lines 11-12 *: Hour after hour, remote from the world's throng, *: Work, contest, fame, all life's confederate pleas

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To combine into a confederacy.
    • ----

    abettor

    English

    Alternative forms

    * abetter

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One that abets an offender; one that incites; instigates; encourages.
  • A supporter or advocate.

    • Usage notes

    * Abettor is usually used in a legal sense. * abettor, accessory, accomplice. These words denote different degrees of complicity in some deed or crime. * An abettor is one who incites or encourages to the act, without sharing in its performance. * An accessory'' supposes a principal offender. One who is neither the chief actor in an offense, nor present at its performance, but ''accedes'' to or becomes involved in its guilt, either by some previous or subsequent act, as of instigating, encouraging, aiding, or concealing, etc., is an ''accessory . * An accomplice'' is one who participates in the commission of an offense, whether as principal or accessory. Thus in treason, there are no ''abettors'' or ''accessories'', but all are held to be principals or ''accomplices . * (supporter) Nowadays it usually refers to a reprehensible act that is supported.

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