different between reconcile vs reconciler

English

Alternative forms

• reconciliate (uncommon)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reconcili?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k?nsa?l/

Verb

reconcile (third-person singular simple present reconciles, present participle reconciling, simple past and past participle reconciled)

1. To restore a friendly relationship; to bring back to harmony.

   to reconcile people who have quarrelled

2. To make things compatible or consistent.

   to reconcile differences

   • The great men among the ancients understood how to reconcile manual labour with affairs of state.

3. To make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance.

Derived terms

• reconciliation

Related terms

• conciliate

Translations

English

Etymology

reconcile +? -er

Noun

reconciler (plural reconcilers)

1. One who reconciles.
   • 1660, Jeremy Taylor, Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience

     Divines […] are chosen as the ministers of mercy, and the great reconcilers of the world […]

Translations

References

• reconciler in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.