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Prosecutor vs Fiscal - What's the difference?

prosecutor | fiscal |

As nouns the difference between fiscal and prosecutor

is that fiscal is a public official in certain countries having control of public revenue while prosecutor is a lawyer who decides whether to charge a person with a crime and tries to prove in court that the person is guilty.

As an adjective fiscal

is related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.

prosecutor

English

Noun

(wikipedia prosecutor) (en noun)
  • A lawyer who decides whether to charge a person with a crime and tries to prove in court that the person is guilty.
    • The prosecutor got the witness to admit he was lying.

    Derived terms

    * prosecutorial

    Related terms

    * prosecute * prosecution

    References

    fiscal

    English

    (wikipedia fiscal)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) fiscal, from (etyl) – see (fiscus) and (fisc).

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.
  • (proscribed) Pertaining to finance and money in general; financial.
    • Usage notes
    * Not to be confused with (financial), which refers to money generally, particularly lending and banking, rather than narrowly to a treasury.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A public official in certain countries having control of public revenue.
  • (British, Scottish law) Procurator fiscal, a public prosecutor.
  • (legal) In certain countries, including Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and former colonies of these countries and certain British colonies, solicitor or attorney general.

    • Related terms

    * fisc

    See also

    * finance, financial

    Etymology 2

    After (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various African shrikes of the genus Lanius .
    • See also
    * (Lanius) * (Lanius) ----