What's the difference between stalker and suitor?

Stalker


Definition:

  • (n.) One who stalks.
  • (n.) A kind of fishing net.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The fact that the security service was in possession of and retained the copy tape until the early summer of 1985 and did not bring it to the attention of Mr Stalker is wholly reprehensible,” he wrote.
  • (2) David Stalker, CEO of UK Active , regards anything that gets women lifting as beneficial: "Some operators have opted to offer women-only sessions, others have moved their resistance equipment to less exposed areas.
  • (3) * * * Stalker, meanwhile, having made his decision, pursued Tape 042 with the utmost vigour.
  • (4) The review of rape investigations by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and the Crown Prosecution Service follows high-profile cases such as the "Night Stalker", Delroy Grant, who raped and assaulted elderly victims over a 17-year period in London, Kent and Surrey.
  • (5) There is no independent proof that Kammerer was a predatory stalker; there is only Carr's word for the pursuit from St Louis to New York; there is persuasive evidence that Kammerer was not gay.
  • (6) Mighty Deer Stalker Tough 10km off-road (and very muddy) run in Peeblesshire, Scotland, which starts at dusk.
  • (7) The anti-pornography organisation described the film's central figure, Jamie Dornan's Christian Grey as a "stalker and batterer".
  • (8) In another she spoke about visiting then-husband actor Sean Penn in jail, whose jail mates at the time included serial killer Richard Ramirez, aka the Night Stalker.
  • (9) The number of Stalker copies per genome and chromosomal localization vary among D. melanogaster strains.
  • (10) Rates of reoffending are high, perhaps unsurprising given that most stalkers suffer from psychiatric problems, but it is uncommon for them to receive specialist treatment as part of their sentence.
  • (11) Not because hackers had released Social Security numbers , home addresses, computer passwords, bank account details, performance reviews, phone numbers, the aliases used when high-profile actors check into hotels (a safety measure to keep stalkers away), and even the medical records of employees and their children .
  • (12) Today I want to go even further and offer protection at the first signs of stalking, stopping offenders in their tracks.” Garry Shewan, Greater Manchester police’s assistant chief constable and the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for stalking and harassment, said: “We want to stop stalkers in their tracks.
  • (13) Between hearings he chatted with McCauley’s solicitor, Pat Finucane , much to the anger of watching RUC officers, who told Stalker that they regarded Finucane, who had represented many people accused of being republican terrorists, as being “worse than an IRA man”.
  • (14) "I know I'm really glad that that person's not following me around like a stalker!"
  • (15) Stalker began to think that special branch, supported by MI5, might be using informants to lure terrorism suspects into pre-planned ambushes, mounted by police officers who were indeed shooting to kill.
  • (16) Not that this only happens to women of course – I have had male friends who have ended up on antidepressants because of vile female stalkers.
  • (17) Most novel substrains are internally heterogenous which is indicative of the continuing Stalker transposition.
  • (18) This must be made a reality in prosecutors' day-to-day practice to ensure stalkers are put before the courts and that [there are] appropriate sentences and treatment."
  • (19) The transposons causing the mutations are: P element (5 alleles), gypsy (3 alleles), 17.6, HMS Beagle, springer, Delta 88, prygun, Stalker, and a new mobile element which was named roamer (2 alleles).
  • (20) The allegations that republican terrorist suspects were deliberately killed rather than being arrested led to an investigation by John Stalker, then deputy chief constable of Manchester, in the mid 1980s.

Suitor


Definition:

  • (n.) One who sues, petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an applicant.
  • (n.) Especially, one who solicits a woman in marriage; a wooer; a lover.
  • (n.) One who sues or prosecutes a demand in court; a party to a suit, as a plaintiff, petitioner, etc.
  • (n.) One who attends a court as plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, appellant, witness, juror, or the like.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) As a suitor for the hand of a beautiful princess, you’ll have to overcome the royal family, the palace guards and rival players to deliver your love letter.
  • (2) If only the suitors could find the words and the means.
  • (3) With Robert Snodgrass having only 18 months remaining on his contract, the manager’s biggest battle looks certain to be a tug of war with the gifted Scotland winger’s assorted suitors.
  • (4) The company's 340-strong workforce, including 120 at its Corby factory, were left with an uncertain future after a firm offer failed to materialise from a suitor in Hong Kong, its distributor YGM Trading, despite an informal agreement being signed.
  • (5) Ramsey said one of the reasons he resisted offers from other suitors, including Manchester United, was that Arsenal are renowned for giving teenage players plenty of first-team action.
  • (6) The £140m cost for United – or any prospective suitor – would be the transfer fee of around £60m and his basic wage, should he agree to around £380,000 a-week as a gross figure, which on a four-year contract amounts to £79m.
  • (7) Vinterberg's version stars Carey Mulligan as headstrong Bathsheba Everdene, while Michael Sheen, Tom Sturridge and Matthias Schoenarts play the contrasting suitors who jockey for her attention.
  • (8) The potential suitors include RTL, owner of Channel Five, and Italy's Mediaset.
  • (9) If García leaves, then he is unlikely to be short of potential suitors.
  • (10) It was reported that during the last three days discussions had been taking place with a potential UK banking suitor.
  • (11) I would say so, yes,” said Martínez on Byram having rival suitors.
  • (12) That could mean any potential suitors are able to purchase him for less, although Gladbach are understood to be preparing to offer him a new deal.
  • (13) In Croatia, Arsenal are being mentioned more often than any other potential suitor and now that Arsène Wenger has won something again, is it finally time for him to bring in a world-class striker?
  • (14) Previous suitors have reportedly included Lloyds Development Capital.
  • (15) Successive cables show the US embassy in Zagreb monitoring the 2006 takeover of Pliva, one of the largest drugmakers in Central and Eastern Europe , by US based Barr Pharmaceuticals, which won a bidding war with a rival Icelandic suitor, Actavis.
  • (16) Gaston is the Beast’s rival suitor for Belle, the young girl played by Emma Watson .
  • (17) When further questioned as to whether this view would rule BT out as a Channel 5 suitor in the short term, Petter said: "It counts us out for any term."
  • (18) Having made his league debut only at the end of October, Sanches was rewarded with a new contract containing a release clause of €45m a few weeks later to ward off any potential suitors.
  • (19) The 21-year-old has scored two goals and created two in the league so far and produced another influential display in last weekend’s 3-1 defeat of Chelsea , albeit with his contribution overshadowed by the champions’ malaise, Steven Naismith’s hat-trick and John Stones’ display against his summer suitors.
  • (20) She’s shortly followed by her suitor, a huge fellow determined to win her over by marking his territory on every tree he can find.