Executor and Executive

noun

• A person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will. .

• (n.) One who executes or performs; a doer; as, an executor of baseness.
• (n.) The person appointed by a testator to execute his will or to see its provisions carried into effect, after his decease.
• (n.) An executioner.

EXECUTOR is a legal entity, frequently an individual, known before death to a testator, who is named in the testator's will to carry out the desires of the deceased after his death as designated in the will. Executors must be approved by the court of law probating the will. An executor pays all indebtedness as claimed by creditors of the estate, with the approval of the court of law, and then carries out or executes the will according to the terms set forth by the testator.

noun

• A person responsible for the administration of a business.
  • synonyms: executive director
• Persons who administer the law.
• Someone who manages a government agency or department.
  • synonyms: administrator

adjective

• Having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc..
  • usage: "the executive branch"

• (a.) Designed or fitted for execution or carrying into effect; as, executive talent; qualifying for, concerned with or pertaining to, the execution of the laws or the conduct of affairs; as, executive power or authority; executive duties, officer, department, etc.
• (n.) An impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer who administers the government, whether king, president or governor; the governing person or body.