different between originator vs executor

English

Etymology

originate +? -or

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /????d???ne?t?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????d???ne?t?/
• Hyphenation: ori?gi?nat?or

Noun

originator (plural originators)

1. Someone who originates, creates or founds something.
   • 2004, Jeff Duntemann, Degunking Your Email, Spam, and Viruses (page 209)

     These relay stations are actually special-purpose email servers. They are used to relay spam from the spam's originator so that the originator cannot be traced.

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• executour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman executour, from Latin exec?tor, agent noun of exequor.

Pronunciation

• (of a will): IPA^(key): /???z?kj?t?/
• (other senses): IPA^(key): /???z?kj?t?/, /???z??kju?t?/

Noun

executor (plural executors)

1. A person who carries out some task.
2. (computing) A component of a system that executes or runs something.
   • 2014, Robert Kowalski, Thom Frühwirth, Logic for Problem Solving, Revisited (page 114)

     When searching for a solution is unnecessary, then the program executor "doesn't care" which solution is generated nor how it is obtained.

3. (law) Someone appointed by a testator to administer a will; an administrator.

4. (obsolete) An executioner.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, The Life of Henry the Fifth, I. ii. 203:

     The sad-eyed justice, with his surly hum, / Delivering o'er to executors pale / The lazy yawning drone.

Usage notes

• In a law context, the female executrix is sometimes used.

Derived terms

• dative executor
• literary executor

Related terms

• execute
• executrix

Translations

Further reading

• executor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Noun

executor m (plural executores)

1. executor

Romanian

Etymology

From French exécuteur, from Latin executor.

Adjective

executor m or n (feminine singular executoare, masculine plural executori, feminine and neuter plural executoare)

1. executory

Declension