Broker vs Mercenary - What's the difference?
broker | mercenary |
(broke)
A mediator between a buyer and seller.
(computing) An agent involved in the exchange of messages or transactions.
Motivated by private gain.
* Dryden
A person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose prime or sole motivation is private gain.
As nouns the difference between broker and mercenary
is that broker is realtor while mercenary is a person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose prime or sole motivation is private gain.As an adjective mercenary is
motivated by private gain.broker
English
Etymology 1
From .Adjective
(head)Etymology 2
From (etyl) broker, brokour, brocour, from (etyl) .Noun
(wikipedia broker) (en noun)Derived terms
* brokage * brokerage * playbroker * power broker * stockbrokermercenary
English
(wikipedia mercenary)Adjective
(en adjective)- For God forbid I should my papers blot / With mercenary lines, with servile pen.