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Prosecutor vs Inquisitor - What's the difference?

prosecutor | inquisitor |

As nouns the difference between prosecutor and inquisitor

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 inquisitor is a person who inquires, especially searchingly or ruthlessly.

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

    inquisitor

    English

    Alternative forms

    * inquisitour (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who inquires, especially searchingly or ruthlessly.
  • An official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition.

    • Derived terms

    * Grand Inquisitor

    External links

    * (wikipedia "inquisitor") ----