different between donor vs depositee

English

Alternative forms

• donour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English donoure, donour; from Anglo-Norman donour, from Old French doneur (See French donneur).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?do?n?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d??n?/
• Hyphenation: do?nor

Noun

donor (plural donors)

1. One who makes a donation.

   The charity raised $2,000 from various donors.

   The hospital is seeking an organ donor.

2. (chemistry) A group or molecule that donates either a radical, electrons or a moiety in a chemical reaction. Compare acceptor.

   a carbonyl donor molecule

Synonyms

• (person): donater, donator

Derived terms

Related terms

• donee

Translations

Anagrams

• Noord, rondo

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English donor, from Middle English donoure, from Old French doneur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?do?.n?r/
• Hyphenation: do?nor

Noun

donor m (plural donoren or donors)

1. A donor.

   Synonyms: donateur, gever, schenker

2. An organ donor.

   Synonym: orgaandonor

Derived terms

• bloeddonor
• donorbloed
• donorgeld
• donorhart
• donorland
• donornier
• donororgaan
• donormoeheid
• donorweefsel
• donorzaad
• eiceldonor
• gelddonor
• orgaandonor
• spermadonor
• zaaddonor

Related terms

• donateur
• donatie
• doneren

Latin

Verb

d?nor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of d?n?

Romanian

Etymology

From French donneur.

Noun

donor m (plural donori)

1. donor

Declension

English

Etymology

deposit +? -ee

Noun

depositee (plural depositees)

1. The person with whom something is deposited.
2. (historical) A member of the lowest of the three population classes created by Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge party in Cambodia after their revolution in the 1970s. These people were 'deposited' in the villages after being removed from the cities.

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989
• Pol Pot article in the Wikipedia