What's the difference between countenance and countenancer?
Countenance
Definition:
(v. t.) To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet.
(v. t.) To make a show of; to pretend.
Example Sentences:
(1) This is a big U-turn by the BMA, which had consistently refused to countenance any of Saturday being classified that way.
(2) This marks a fresh approach following an attempt on Monday to contain the controversy with a second, more conciliatory, statement by Ivens, the paper's longserving deputy editor who is just one week into his new job, who said: "The last thing I or anyone connected with the Sunday Times would countenance would be insulting the memory of the Shoah or invoking the blood libel.
(3) Unless the Chinese plan a “space spectacular”, the future of manned spaceflight lies with privately funded adventurers prepared to participate in a cut-price programme far riskier than Nasa would countenance.
(4) In a strongly-worded letter of resignation the award-winning science fiction and fantasy author said the Guild's decision to support Google in its plans to digitise millions of books meant she could no longer countenance being a member.
(5) But Goodwin himself has said he's willing to countenance publication of the FSA's probe, as have several of his senior colleagues.
(6) She has repeatedly refused to countenance the proposal and there is scant chance of her shifting that position as she moves into an election year.
(7) Miliband quoted from a 2010 Daily Telegraph interview in which the prime minister was reported as saying he would “not countenance leaving the EU and … would never campaign for an out vote in an EU referendum.” Miliband insisted Cameron’s “renegotiation is going nowhere; he’s caught between his backbenchers …and the national interest.
(8) He said they had already postponed the move until after the US election, but would not countenance further delays.
(9) The 25-year-old has entered the final year of his contract at Loftus Road but QPR , conscious of his prolific record, will not countenance his sale this summer for less than £15m as they seek an immediate return to the Premier League.
(10) Those on the security council opposed to us say they want Saddam to disarm but will not countenance any new resolution that authorises force in the event of non-compliance.
(11) "Sir Fred's role in the collapse of the Royal Bank of Scotland , and his refusal to countenance any reduction in his grotesquely extravagant £700,000-a-year pension, convinces me it would be wholly inappropriate for him to retain the high honour of a knighthood."
(12) "I wonder, will such people be held accountable at the end of the day for the absolute refusal to countenance a precautionary approach?
(13) But he added: “Islam today includes a substantial minority of believers who countenance, if they don’t actually carry out, a degree of violence in the application of their convictions that is currently unique.” Ajaz Ashraf, writing at the Indian website First Post, blamed totalitarian regimes in the Muslim world for fostering such violence .
(14) David Moyes was “not impressed” by newspaper pictures of Van Aanholt apparently smoking such a hookah at a central Newcastle shisha lounge this summer and has made it clear that he will not countenance any repeats.
(15) On the eve of the summit, China indicated it was willing to countenance an initiative by President Barack Obama to smooth the flow of capital around the world in the hope of securing greater long-term economic stability.
(16) But Abbott has refused to countenance such changes, saying that “we have made a very clear decision that we aren’t ever going to increase the taxes on super, we aren’t ever going to increase the restrictions on super because super belongs to the people”.
(17) And I've had enough tedious arguments with libertarians to know that the one thing they won't countenance is one person infringing another's "property rights", of which the one they hold in the highest regard is the person themself.
(18) The panel specifically cautioned that adoption of such principles is not designed to countenance delays in treatment, but if necessary, should help form more rational queues for coronary revascularization.
(19) While talking the talk of harm reduction, she has never shown a willingness to countenance a decriminalisation agenda , even in a modest form.
(20) However, Levy made it clear that he would not countenance a deal with their bitter rivals, much to the annoyance of the West Ham co-owner David Gold.
Countenancer
Definition:
(n.) One who countenances, favors, or supports.
Example Sentences:
(1) The original Sky News submission to the Leveson inquiry added that any proposal to engage in hacking "would not be countenanced", but Ryley, giving evidence on Monday, said that the lawyer writing the letter was only thinking about phone hacking in the aftermath of the News of the World controversy.
(2) Thatcher's biographer Hugo Young said Britain's possession of an independent nuclear deterrent was the aspect of her inheritance about which she countenanced least argument.
(3) You want to put yourself in a situation where it is not even worth countenancing paying a single person below the minimum wage."
(4) Fox News boss fired anchor for refusing sexual advances, lawsuit alleges Read more “[The] plaintiff’s ploy of filing in superior court to justify her shameless publicity campaign against Roger Ailes should not be countenanced,” the lawyers said.
(5) The many measures enacted by the US and EU have driven the Iranian economy into the shadows, where seemingly any and all shortcuts and black market deals are countenanced by the regime.
(6) The spokesman added: “I cannot believe that past D-notice secretaries would have countenanced the destruction of any key documents.
(7) Last month Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre said he had never "countenanced" hacking or blagging on his newspaper.
(8) An informal price of €18m (£12.7m) was presented by the Spanish club but this was not countenanced.
(9) When I was a minister, I would never have countenanced my chief of staff going to such a meeting without my imprimatur and my approval so I think a question does need to be answered whether the chief of staff was there on a frolic of his own or with the imprimatur of the deputy leader.
(10) Pointing out how unrealistic his policies are may be less risky than countenancing them.
(11) But there is a recognition that, if any of the three players wanted a move, it would be countenanced.
(12) Even a year or two ago he would have never countenanced such a possibility.
(13) The north-east in the 1950s would barely have countenanced such a thing, he smiles, recalling his own days pushing a pram as a new 1970s father in a way his own father and grandfather would never have done.
(14) It is something we have never had to endure and can't really imagine enduring, and certainly woundn't be countenanced now because of social changes."
(15) Although he has previously countenanced an EU referendum himself, this was in circumstances where treaty changes merited it as opposed to what he dismisses as an arbitrary political timetable, and after the AV experience he might not trust Cameron to campaign for the "right" result.
(16) Among the most significant measures was granting Cubans the right to sell their cars and homes, the only forms of private property countenanced after the revolution which ousted the Batista regime in 1959.
(17) By expressing the clear will of the people – that the takeover cannot be countenanced – the Commons would be fulfilling one of its principal democratic functions, even if there were no further effect.
(18) Tim Montgomerie, the editor of the ConservativeHome website , wrote: "He told his cabinet colleagues that a referendum would tear the coalition apart and couldn't be countenanced."
(19) My theory was that he might one day make them successful but possibly not with the most exciting football and the fans would not have countenanced that... 10.46am BST Adurman asks: 'Jamie, is there any realistic chance of Klopp taking the job do you think?'
(20) But last week the German chancellor Angela Merkel is believed to have also made clear in talks with Lagarde that a further restructuring involving the official sector – for that is what it would take – cannot be countenanced until German elections next September.