different between instigator vs instigation

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

From Middle English instigacioun, from Old French instigacïon and Latin inst?g?tio.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

instigation (countable and uncountable, plural instigations)

1. The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; especially to evil or wickedness.

Related terms

• instigate
• instigator

Translations

French

Pronunciation

Noun

instigation f (plural instigations)

1. instigation