What's the difference between garrote and garroter?

Garrote


Definition:

  • (n.) A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment is inflicted.
  • (v. t.) To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Rumours swirl of a higher death toll, the use of poisonous gas and the body of a pregnant woman garrotted by pro-Ukraine fanatics.
  • (2) The screens of the handsets shown on the site as "the hottest phones at the coolest prices", meanwhile, depict scenes including a fight between two snowmen, which appears to culminate in decapitation, garrotted turkeys and Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer's severed head.
  • (3) Ultrasonography shows the intraluminal thrombus better than phlebography, since the gastrocnemic veins, which bypass the larger deep veins, can be opacified only after a garrot is placed above the knee.
  • (4) Acute separation of the trachea can occur with trauma to the neck, either by garrotting or direct blunt force.
  • (5) Strangulation techniques include hanging, throttling, garrotting, and chokeholds.

Garroter


Definition:

  • (n.) One who seizes a person by the throat from behind, with a view to strangle and rob him.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Rumours swirl of a higher death toll, the use of poisonous gas and the body of a pregnant woman garrotted by pro-Ukraine fanatics.
  • (2) The screens of the handsets shown on the site as "the hottest phones at the coolest prices", meanwhile, depict scenes including a fight between two snowmen, which appears to culminate in decapitation, garrotted turkeys and Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer's severed head.
  • (3) Ultrasonography shows the intraluminal thrombus better than phlebography, since the gastrocnemic veins, which bypass the larger deep veins, can be opacified only after a garrot is placed above the knee.
  • (4) Acute separation of the trachea can occur with trauma to the neck, either by garrotting or direct blunt force.
  • (5) Strangulation techniques include hanging, throttling, garrotting, and chokeholds.

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