different between pursuer vs distancer

English

Etymology

pursue +? -er

Noun

pursuer (plural pursuers)

1. One who pursues.
2. (Scotland, law) The party who initiates a lawsuit; a plaintiff.
   • 1809, Faculty of Advocates (Scotland), Decisions of the Court of Sessions, from 1752 to 1808 (page 216)

     On his area the pursuer built a dwelling-house, of which the gable and garden-wall were mutual with his neighbour Smith […]

Translations

Anagrams

• usurper

English

Etymology

distance +? -er

Noun

distancer (plural distancers)

1. (psychology) A person who tends to maintain emotional distance and detachment
2. A means for establishing distance
3. (dated) A long-distance runner

Coordinate terms

• (emotionally distant person): pursuer

Anagrams

• dicentras, rancidest

Danish

Noun

distancer c

1. indefinite plural of distance

Verb

distancer or distancér

1. imperative of distancere

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English distance +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis.t??.se/

Verb

distancer

1. (transitive) to distance, outdistance

Conjugation

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which ‘c’ is softened to a ‘ç’ before the vowels ‘a’ and ‘o’.

Further reading

• “distancer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).