Prosecutor vs Executor - What's the difference?
prosecutor | executor |
A lawyer who decides whether to charge a person with a crime and tries to prove in court that the person is guilty.
A person who carries out some task.
(label) Someone appointed by a testator to administer a will; an administrator.
(obsolete) An executioner.
* 1599 , , I. ii. 203:
As nouns the difference between prosecutor and executor
is that 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 while executor is a person who carries out some task.prosecutor
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Noun
(wikipedia prosecutor) (en noun)- The prosecutor got the witness to admit he was lying.
Derived terms
* prosecutorialReferences
executor
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Alternative forms
* executour (obsolete)Noun
(wikipedia executor) (en noun)- The sad-eyed justice, with his surly hum, / Delivering o'er to executors pale / The lazy yawning drone.