different between grafter vs grafted

English

graft +? -er

grafter (plural grafters)

One who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by engrafting.
An instrument by which grafting is facilitated.
The original tree from which a scion has been taken for grafting upon another tree.
(slang) Someone who works in market stalls.

From graft +? -er.

grafter (plural grafters)

A corrupt person, one who receives graft.
- 1911, The Twentieth Century Magazine, Vol. 4, page 335.
- 1980, David Mark Chalmers, The Muchrake Years, Krieger Publishing Company, ?ISBN, page 152.
- 2007, Rebecca Menes, "Limiting the Reach of the Grabbing Hand: Graft and growth in American Cities, 1880 to 1930", in Edward L. Glaeser, Claudia Goldin (eds.), Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America's Economic History, National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report, The University of Chicago Press, ?ISBN, page 64.

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