What's the difference between abettor and bettor?

Abettor


Definition:

  • (n.) One who abets; an instigator of an offense or an offender.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A crime could be committed even if the abettor did not take any tangible action, provided the actions "directly and substantially" assisted and where there was "knowledge ... that torture is being practised".
  • (2) "All co-conspirators and abettors must be held accountable."
  • (3) Rodchenkov was specifically identified in the report as an “aider and abettor” of the doping activities and it was recommended he should be “permanently removed from his position”.
  • (4) Lord Brown said what is needed is "a custom-built policy statement indicating the various factors for and against prosecution, factors designed to distinguish between those situations in which, however tempted to assist, the prospective aider and abettor should refrain from doing so, and those situations in which he or she may fairly hope to be, if not commended, at the very least forgiven, rather than condemned, for giving assistance".

Bettor


Definition:

  • (n.) One who bets; a better.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These clients were frequent and heavy bettors whose lives were deeply disrupted by gambling.

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