different between instigator vs agitator

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

• agitatour (obsolete)

Noun

agitator (plural agitators)

1. One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others, for example political reformers.
   • 1998, Rajnarayan Chandavarkar, Imperial Power and Popular Politics (page 208)

     In addition, they kept a watch on political agitators and foreigners arriving and departing at the port.

2. An implement for shaking or mixing.
3. (historical) One of a body of men appointed by the army, in Oliver Cromwell's time, to look after their interests.

   Synonym: adjutator

Translations

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Latin agitatus - putting in motion.

Noun

agitator

1. agitator; one who agitates.

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Danish

Noun

agitator c (singular definite agitatoren, plural indefinite agitatorer)

1. agitator

Declension

Further reading

• “agitator” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agit?tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?.?i?ta?.t?r/
• Hyphenation: agi?ta?tor

Noun

agitator m (plural agitators)

1. An agitator, one who stirs up unrest, a demagogue.

   Synonyms: demagoog, volksmenner

Related terms

• agiteren

Descendants

• Afrikaans: agitator
• ? Indonesian: agitator

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch agitator, from Latin agit?tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a?i?t?at??r]
• Hyphenation: agi?ta?tor

Noun

agitator (first-person possessive agitatorku, second-person possessive agitatormu, third-person possessive agitatornya)

1. agitator.

   Synonyms: penghasut, provokator

Related terms

Further reading

• “agitator” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.?i?ta?.tor/, [ä???t?ä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.d??i?ta.tor/, [?d??i?t???t??r]

Noun

agit?tor m (genitive agit?t?ris); third declension

1. driver of animals; drover
2. charioteer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

• English: agitator
• Portuguese: agitador
• Russian: ????????? (agitátor)
• Spanish: agitador

Verb

agit?tor

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

References

• agitator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• agitator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Romanian

Etymology

From French agitateur

Noun

agitator m (plural agitatori)

1. stirrer

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??ta?tor/
• Hyphenation: a?gi?ta?tor

Noun

agìt?tor m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)

1. agitator

Declension

Swedish

Noun

agitator c

1. an agitator; one who agitates

Declension

Related terms

• agitation
• agitatorisk
• agitera

References

• agitator in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)