different between executor vs corrosive

English

Alternative forms

• executour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman executour, from Latin exec?tor, agent noun of exequor.

Pronunciation

• (of a will): IPA^(key): /???z?kj?t?/
• (other senses): IPA^(key): /???z?kj?t?/, /???z??kju?t?/

Noun

executor (plural executors)

1. A person who carries out some task.
2. (computing) A component of a system that executes or runs something.
   • 2014, Robert Kowalski, Thom Frühwirth, Logic for Problem Solving, Revisited (page 114)

     When searching for a solution is unnecessary, then the program executor "doesn't care" which solution is generated nor how it is obtained.

3. (law) Someone appointed by a testator to administer a will; an administrator.

4. (obsolete) An executioner.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, The Life of Henry the Fifth, I. ii. 203:

     The sad-eyed justice, with his surly hum, / Delivering o'er to executors pale / The lazy yawning drone.

Usage notes

• In a law context, the female executrix is sometimes used.

Derived terms

• dative executor
• literary executor

Related terms

• execute
• executrix

Translations

Further reading

• executor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Noun

executor m (plural executores)

1. executor

Romanian

Etymology

From French exécuteur, from Latin executor.

Adjective

executor m or n (feminine singular executoare, masculine plural executori, feminine and neuter plural executoare)

1. executory

Declension

English

Etymology

From Old French corrosif.

Adjective

corrosive (comparative more corrosive, superlative most corrosive)

1. Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid.
2. Having the quality of fretting or vexing.
3. destroying or undermining something gradually.

Related terms

Translations

Noun

corrosive (plural corrosives)

1. That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.
2. Any solid, liquid or gas capable of irreparably harming living tissues or damaging material on contact.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.?o.ziv/

Adjective

corrosive

1. feminine singular of corrosif

Italian

Adjective

corrosive

1. feminine plural of corrosivo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kor.ro??si?.u?e/, [k?r?o??s?i?u??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kor.ro?si.ve/, [k?r???s?i?v?]

Adjective

corr?s?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of corr?s?vus