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Electrician vs Electrocutioner - What's the difference?

electrician | electrocutioner |

As nouns the difference between electrician and electrocutioner

is that electrician is (archaic) an investigator of electricity; one versed in the science of electricity while electrocutioner is a person who carries out an execution by means of electricity.

electrician

English

Noun

(wikipedia electrician) (en noun)
  • (archaic) An investigator of electricity; one versed in the science of electricity.
  • A tradesman who installs, repairs and maintains electrical wiring and equipment

    • Related terms

    * electric * electronic * electrical * electricity * electromagnetic

    electrocutioner

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a person who carries out an execution by means of electricity
  • * U.S. Supreme Court: STATE OF LA. EX REL. FRANCIS v. RESWEBER, 329 U.S. 459 (1947) 329 U.S. 459 STATE OF LOUISIANA ex rel. FRANCIS v. RESWEBER, sheriff, et al. No. 142.
    • 'Then the electrocutioner turned on the switch and when he did Willie Francis' lips puffed out and he groaned and jumped so that the chair came off the floor. Apparently the switch was turned on twice and then the condemned man yelled: 'Take it off. Let me breath." Affidavit of official witness Harold Resweber, dated May 23, 1946.

    Related terms

    * electrocution * electrocute