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Defendants vs Plaintiff - What's the difference?

defendants | plaintiff |

As nouns the difference between defendants and plaintiff

is that defendants is plural of defendant while plaintiff is a party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accusers.

defendants

English

Noun

(head)

    • plaintiff

    English

    (wikipedia plaintiff)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (legal) A party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accusers.

    • Synonyms

    * complainant, litigant

    Antonyms

    * defendant, suspect

    Hypernyms

    * litigant, litigator

    Hyponyms

    * suer, petitioner

    Related terms

    * plaintive

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