different between instigator vs abettor

English

Etymology

From Latin inst?g?tor (“stimulator”), from instig?re (present infinitive of ?nst?g? (“to incite, set on, stimulate, rouse or urge”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp, to stab; to puncture; to goad”)) + -or (from -? (“suffix forming masculine agent nouns”), from Proto-Indo-European *-h?onh?- (“suffix forming nouns denoting authority or burden”)); cognate with French instigateur.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??nst??e?t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??nst???e?t?/, /-??/
• Hyphenation: in?sti?gat?or

Noun

instigator (plural instigators)

1. A person who intentionally instigates, incites, or starts something, especially one that creates trouble.
   • 1964, Albert Pepitone, “The Reaction to Boastfulness”, in Attraction and Hostility: An Experimental Analysis of Interpersonal and Self Evaluation (The Atherton Press Behavioral Science Series), New York, N.Y.: Atherton Press, OCLC 490312942; reprinted New Brunswick, N.J.: Aldine Transaction, Transaction Publishers, 2009, ?ISBN, page 77:

     In studies designed to arouse aggression, the instigator often not only threatens the subject, but also expresses an extremely high self-evaluation. Subjects are insulted about their intelligence, sexual attractiveness, and character, and, at the same time, the instigator implies or explicitly describes his own superiority in these respects.

Alternative forms

• instigatour (obsolete, rare)

Synonyms

• inciter
• initiator
• troublemaker

Related terms

• instigate
• instigation

Translations

Latin

Verb

?nst?g?tor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of ?nst?g?
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of ?nst?g?

References

• instigator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• instigator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• instigator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• instigator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Romanian

Etymology

From French instigateur

Noun

instigator m (plural instigatori)

1. instigator

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• abetter

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman abettour, from Old French abeter + -our (“-or”). See abet.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??b?t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??b?t?/, /-te/, /-??/
• Rhymes: -?t?, -?t?(?)
• Hyphenation: abet?tor

Noun

abettor (plural abettors)

1. One that abets an offender; one that incites; instigates; encourages. [First attested from 1350 to 1470.]
   • 1594, William Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece,^[1]

     Thou foul abettor! thou notorious bawd!

     Thou plantest scandal and displacest laud:

2. A supporter or advocate. [Late 16^th century.]
   • 1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby, Chapter 8,^[2]

     […] when he recollected that, being there as an assistant, he actually seemed—no matter what unhappy train of circumstances had brought him to that pass—to be the aider and abettor of a system which filled him with honest disgust and indignation, he loathed himself […]

Synonyms

• accessory
• accomplice
• advocate
• aid
• ally
• assistant
• confederate
• cooperator
• helper

Usage notes

• Abettor is usually used in a legal sense.
• abettor, accessory, accomplice. These words denote different degrees of complicity in some deed or crime.
• An abettor is one who incites or encourages to the act, without sharing in its performance.
• An accessory supposes a principal offender. One who is neither the chief actor in an offense, nor present at its performance, but accedes to or becomes involved in its guilt, either by some previous or subsequent act, as of instigating, encouraging, aiding, or concealing, etc., is an accessory.
• An accomplice is one who participates in the commission of an offense, whether as principal or accessory. Thus in treason, there are no abettors or accessories, but all are held to be principals or accomplices.
• (supporter): Nowadays it usually refers to a reprehensible act that is supported.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• taboret