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Plaintiff vs Prosecutor - What's the difference?

plaintiff | prosecutor |

As nouns the difference between plaintiff and prosecutor

is that plaintiff is a party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accusers 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.

plaintiff

English

(wikipedia plaintiff)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (legal) A party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accusers.

    • Synonyms

    * complainant, litigant

    Antonyms

    * defendant, suspect

    Hypernyms

    * litigant, litigator

    Hyponyms

    * suer, petitioner

    Related terms

    * plaintive

    External links

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    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