different between guilty vs sinner

English

Etymology

From Middle English gilty, gulty, from Old English gylti? (“offending, guilty”); equivalent to guilt +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /???l.ti/
• Rhymes: -?lti

Adjective

guilty (comparative guiltier, superlative guiltiest)

1. Responsible for a dishonest act.

2. (law) Judged to have committed a crime.

3. Having a sense of guilt.
4. Blameworthy.

   • At twilight in the summer […] the mice come out. They […] eat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkly, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly—the only lavishment of which he was ever guilty—on the floor.

Synonyms

• culpable
• shildy (dialectal)

Antonyms

• not guilty
• innocent

Related terms

• guilty as sin

Translations

Noun

guilty (plural guilties)

1. (law) A plea by a defendant who does not contest a charge.
2. (law) A verdict of a judge or jury on a defendant judged to have committed a crime.
3. One who is declared guilty of a crime.

English

Etymology

From Middle English synnere, sene?ere, from Old English *syn?ere, *synnere, from Proto-Germanic *sund?rijaz (“sinner”), equivalent to sin +? -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Säänder (“sinner”), West Frisian sûnder (“sinner”), Dutch zondaar (“sinner”), German Low German Sünder, Sünner (“sinner”), German Sünder (“sinner”), Danish synder (“sinner”), Swedish syndare (“sinner”), Icelandic syndari (“sinner”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?n?/
• Rhymes: -?n?(?)
• Homophone: center (pin-pen merger)

Noun

sinner (plural sinners)

1. A person who sins or has sinned.

   Synonyms: criminal, evildoer, offender

2. A person who sins or has sinned by the action or identity indicated or previously mentioned
3. (theology) An unregenerate person.
4. (figuratively, by extension) A person with negative qualities; one who does bad things.

   Are you a sinner or a saint?

Hyponyms

• fasiq (one who has sinned by violating Islamic law)

Derived terms

• sinnerhood

Translations

Anagrams

• inners, niners, renins

Norman

Etymology

From Latin sign?, sign?re, from signum (“mark, sign”).

Verb

sinner

1. (Jersey) to sign