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Plaintive vs. Plaintiff — What's the Difference?

Plaintive vs. Plaintiff — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Plaintive and Plaintiff

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Plaintive

Sounding sad and mournful
A plaintive cry

Plaintiff

A plaintiff (Π in legal shorthand) is the party who initiates a lawsuit (also known as an action) before a court. By doing so, the plaintiff seeks a legal remedy.

Plaintive

Expressing sorrow; mournful or melancholy.

Plaintiff

A person who brings a case against another in a court of law
The plaintiff commenced an action for damages

Plaintive

Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic.
A typically plaintive song from Radiohead
I can see by your plaintive smile something is wrong, so spill it.
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Plaintiff

The party that institutes a suit in a court.

Plaintive

Repining; complaining; lamenting.

Plaintiff

A party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accuser.

Plaintive

Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad.

Plaintiff

One who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his rights; - opposed to defendant.

Plaintive

Expressing sorrow

Plaintiff

See Plaintive.

Plaintiff

A person who brings an action in a court of law

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