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Redresser vs Represser - What's the difference?

redresser | represser |

As nouns the difference between redresser and represser

is that redresser is one who grants or achieves redress while represser is one who, or that which, represses.

redresser

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who grants or achieves redress.
  • * Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
    • A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser .
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    represser

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, represses.
    • (Webster 1913)