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Electrocutioner vs Executioner - What's the difference?

electrocutioner | executioner | Related terms |

Executioner is a related term of electrocutioner.



As nouns the difference between electrocutioner and executioner

is that electrocutioner is a person who carries out an execution by means of electricity while executioner is an official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.

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

    executioner

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.
  • (archaic) executor
  • A hit man, especially being in a some organization.

    • Related terms

    * electrocutioner * execute * execution * executor