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Executor vs Executioner - What's the difference?

executor | executioner |

Executioner is a related term of executor.



As nouns the difference between executor and executioner

is that executor is a person who carries out some task while executioner is an official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.

executor

English

Alternative forms

* executour (obsolete)

Noun

(wikipedia executor) (en noun)
  • A person who carries out some task.
  • (label) Someone appointed by a testator to administer a will; an administrator.
  • (obsolete) An executioner.
  • * 1599 , , I. ii. 203:
  • The sad-eyed justice, with his surly hum, / Delivering o'er to executors pale / The lazy yawning drone.

    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.