different between punctuate vs punctuator

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin punctuare (“to mark with points”), from Latin punctus, perfect passive participle of pung? (“I prick, punch”); see point, and compare punch and punctate.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??ktju?e?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): [?p??k?u?e?t]

Verb

punctuate (third-person singular simple present punctuates, present participle punctuating, simple past and past participle punctuated)

1. (transitive) To add punctuation to.

2. (transitive) To add or to interrupt at regular intervals.
3. (transitive) To emphasize; to stress.

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Further reading

• punctuate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• punctuate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Latin

Verb

p?nctu?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of p?nctu?

English

Etymology

punctuate +? -or

Noun

punctuator (plural punctuators)

1. One who punctuates, as in writing.

   He was a sloppy punctuator, often leaving out commas and confusing colons with semicolons.

Translations

• Italian: punteggiatore

Latin

Verb

p?nctu?tor

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