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Defender vs Prosecutor - What's the difference?

defender | prosecutor |

As nouns the difference between defender and prosecutor

is that defender is someone who defends people or property while prosecutor is a lawyer who decides whether to charge a person with a crime and tries to prove in court that the person is guilty.

defender

English

Alternative forms

* defendor (obsolete) * defendour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone who defends people or property.
  • (legal) A lawyer who represents defendants.
  • A fighter who repels an attack.
  • (sports) One of the players whose primary task is to prevent the opposition from scoring.
  • prosecutor

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia prosecutor) (en noun)
  • A lawyer who decides whether to charge a person with a crime and tries to prove in court that the person is guilty.
  • The prosecutor got the witness to admit he was lying.

    Derived terms

    * prosecutorial

    References