What's the difference between possessor and possessory?
Possessor
Definition:
(n.) One who possesses; one who occupies, holds, owns, or controls; one who has actual participation or enjoyment, generally of that which is desirable; a proprietor.
Example Sentences:
(1) To investigate a capsular swelling reaction of the strain K-9 of Klebsiella pneumoniae, possessor of large capsule, ultra-thin sections of the organisms were stained with uranyl acetate and lead citrate and were treated with rabbit antiserum.
(2) This finding directs further attention to subfragments of these molecules as possible possessors of intrinsic somatotrophic and lactogenic activity.
(3) The heirs - directly or indirectly - to an esoteric "moslem" knowledge which has been transmitted since the XVth century by the aristocratic islamized groups, the medicine-men are also the possessors of a knowledge which has been acquired by the autochthonous groups, that are said "masters of the earth" (commoners).
(4) The snout musculature consists of five muscles: A) Zygomaticus major, B) Levator labii superioris, C) Levator alae nasi superioris, D) Levator alae nasi inferioris and E) Zygomaticus minor, the former two of which are the possessor of the muscle spindles and the latter three of which are not so, with the exception of the Zygomaticus minor having one spindle in the Japanese shrew-mole.
(5) It should be no surprise that Boris Johnson – who is, as a better diplomat might say, the possessor of a lively mind – tilts persistently toward the latter .
(6) Drake, however, easily shone forth from this company in most every respect: a prolific songwriter, a dauntingly-fine-to-the-point-of-innovative guitarist and – a moot point this – the possessor of a more than fair vocal style; a charming, almost-breathy sound that fitted in somewhere between the incredibly diverse likes of Kevin Ayers and a male Astrud Gilberto.
(7) The paper describes the clinical case of an elderly patient with heart failure, the possessor of a dual-chamber pacemaker programmed in DDD mode, in whom a complete interatrial block with left atrial standstill was diagnosed.
(8) So many towns and villages are the possessors of one of the carved and lettered war memorials that, after the first world war, were his bread-and-butter line.
(9) This result might indicate that the possessors of these HLA antigens are thus protected from the development of diffuse pulmonary fibrosis from asbestos exposure.
(10) This is seen as the consequence of lesion-related disruption of linkages between face records, on the one hand, and non-face records that contain information uniquely and unequivocally apposite to the possessor of a particular face.
(11) The staff of direction in every province should be from the cream of the crop of free sharia and military officials who have the ability to argue, convince and encourage as well as from the soldiers around whom the group have congregated and should be possessors of confidence among them.
(12) These psychical representations are the sole possessors of the proper stimuli that motivate human beings to talk spontaneously and voluntarily.
(13) We interpret these results as indicating that retention of note names by possessors of AP is not limited to verbal encoding; rather, multiple codes (e.g., auditory, kinesthetic, and visual imagery) are probably used.
(14) As an attribute of personality, charm gives its possessor extraordinary power since we are all susceptible to its magic.
(15) Possessors of this personality belong and do not belong.
(16) She is level-headed, kind, trustworthy, approachable and the possessor of a good sense of humour,” said Johnson.
(17) Conversely, it is just as easily argued that, if we are examining how past wars continue to shape us, the time has never been better – especially when Australians are embracing the idea, with bipartisan political support, of constitutionally acknowledging Aborigines as the original possessors of this land.
(18) "At the same time, we are homing in on gene mutations that confer particular health and longevity to their possessors.
(19) This internal schema is accessed even when conscious recognition fails, i.e., when other pertinent memories related to the possessor of the face are not evoked.
(20) Once the possessor of a relatively poor rural economy, China has becoming increasingly industrialised and its middle classes have swelled in numbers.
Possessory
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to possession, either as a fact or a right; of the nature of possession; as, a possessory interest; a possessory lord.
Example Sentences:
(1) Parental consent is defined as consent of only 1 parent or the parent with custody during the week (sole managing conservator), or the possessory conservator in emergencies.