different between instigator vs accomplice

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

Etymology

First attested in the 1580s. From Middle English accomplice, from a complice, from Old French complice (“confederate”), from Latin complicare (“fold together”). The article a became part of the word, through the influence of the word accomplish.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?.?k?m.pl?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?.?k?m.pl?s/, /?.?k?m.pl?s/
• Hyphenation: ac?com?plice

Noun

accomplice (plural accomplices)

1. (law) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.
   • 1749, Samuel Johnson, Irene

     And thou, the curst accomplice of her treason, Declare thy message, and expect thy doom

   • suspected for accomplice to the fire

2. (rare) A cooperator.

Usage notes

• Followed by with or of before a person and by in or to (or sometimes of) before the crime; as, "A was an accomplice with B in the murder of C"; or, "D was an accomplice to murder".

Synonyms

• abettor, accessory, assistant, associate, confederate, coadjutor, ally, promoter; see abettor.

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