Defendant vs Culprit - What's the difference?
defendant | culprit |
(legal) In civil proceedings, the party responding to the complaint; one who is sued and called upon to make satisfaction for a wrong complained of by another.
(legal) In criminal proceedings, the accused.
Serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive.
* Shakespeare
The person or thing at fault for a problem or crime.
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=June 9
, author=Owen Phillips
, title=Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark
, work=BBC Sport
As nouns the difference between defendant and culprit
is that defendant is in civil proceedings, the party responding to the complaint; one who is sued and called upon to make satisfaction for a wrong complained of by another while culprit is the person or thing at fault for a problem or crime.As an adjective defendant
is serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive.defendant
English
(wikipedia defendant)Alternative forms
* defendaunt (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Antonyms
* (in civil proceedings) plaintiff * (in criminal proceedings) prosecutorHypernyms
* litigantAdjective
(en adjective)- With men of courage and with means defendant .
culprit
English
Noun
(en noun)- I tightened the loose bolt that was the culprit ; it should work now.
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