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Exploitee vs Exploiter - What's the difference?

exploitee | exploiter |

As nouns the difference between exploitee and exploiter

is that exploitee is one who is exploited while exploiter is one who exploits.

As a verb exploiter is

to make use of.

exploitee

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who is exploited.
  • * 1946 , Alexander Gray, The socialist tradition: Moses to Lenin (page 295)
    • Gray's world is one consisting entirely of exploitees — apart from those who are in receipt of fixed money incomes.

    exploiter

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (exploit) + (-er).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who exploits.

    • Etymology 2

    Irregular adoption of (etyl) exploiter.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to make use of.
  • * 1902 , William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience , Folio Society 2008, p. 296:
    • Not only must she receive unheard-of personal favours [...], but she must immediately write about them and exploiter them professionally.
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