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Executor vs Inheritor - What's the difference?

executor | inheritor |

As nouns the difference between executor and inheritor

is that executor is a person who carries out some task while inheritor is someone who inherits something; an heir.

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.

    Related terms

    * dative executor * execute * executrix

    inheritor

    English

    Alternative forms

    * enheritour (obsolete) * inheritour (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who inherits something; an heir.
  • (computing, programming) A class, etc. that derives from another code element through inheritance.