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Persecutor vs Prosecutor - What's the difference?

persecutor | prosecutor |

As nouns the difference between persecutor and prosecutor

is that persecutor is a person or thing that persecutes or harasses 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.

persecutor

English

Alternative forms

* persecutour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person or thing that persecutes or harasses.
    • ----

    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