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Incriminate vs Convict - What's the difference?

incriminate | convict |

In transitive terms the difference between incriminate and convict

is that incriminate is to indicate the guilt of while convict is to find guilty.

As a noun convict is

a person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.

incriminate

English

Verb

  • To accuse or bring criminal charges against.
    • The newpapers are all incriminating me unjustly in this fiasco!
  • To indicate the guilt of.
    • We have all sorts of evidence which incriminates you.

    See also

    * get the goods on ----

    convict

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To find guilty
  • # as a result of legal proceedings, about of a crime
  • # informally, notably in a moral sense; said about both perpetrator and act.

    • Synonyms

    * (legal crime) sentence * (informal) disapprove

    Related terms

    * conviction

    Noun

    (wikipedia convict) (en noun)
  • (legal) A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.
  • A person deported to a penal colony.
  • A common name for the sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), owing to its black and stripes.

    • Synonyms

    * (person convicted of crime) assigned servant, con, government man, public servant * (person deported to a penal colony) penal colonist

    Derived terms

    * con (synonym)