What's the difference between begetter and besetter?

Begetter


Definition:

  • (n.) One who begets; a father.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But the flamboyant impresario Mike Todd (real name Avrom Goldbogen), the begetter of Around the World in 80 Days (1956), was noted for his youthful spirit and his abundant energy.
  • (2) The project’s begetters argue that they have Moore’s Law working for them: the memory and processing power available on a computer chip doubles every 18 months or so.
  • (3) But once she and the Duke of Edinburgh had taken their places with appropriate decorum alongside Jacques Rogge, the president of the International Olympic Committee, and Sebastian Coe, the principal begetter of London 2012, the director of Trainspotting and Slumdog Millionaire was back in charge of his deliriously enjoyable, occasionally bemusing, supremely humanistic creation, in which no button remained unpushed, virtually no cultural memory unjogged.

Besetter


Definition:

  • (n.) One who, or that which, besets.

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