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executioner ~ executor:
[different end pronunciation]
“Executioner”, for the right pronunciation, please click here, is ‘the official who kills criminals lawfully (according to the orders of a court of law), usually by hanging’,
e.g.
The criminal was not hanged on the appointed day because the executioner refused to carry out the orders on a Sunday.
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“Executor”, for the right pronunciation, please click here, is ‘a person or bank that carries out the orders in a will’,
A ‘will’ in this context is the official written form of a person regarding the division of his/her property after his/her death.
e.g.
The rich old man appointed his bank to act as his executor.
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