Prosecute vs. Sue

Prosecuteverb

To start criminal proceedings against.

Prosecuteverb

To charge, try.

Prosecuteverb

To seek to obtain by legal process.

Prosecuteverb

(transitive) To pursue something to the end.

Prosecuteverb

To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a scheme, hope, or claim.

Prosecuteverb

To seek to obtain by legal process; as, to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law.

Prosecuteverb

To pursue with the intention of punishing; to accuse of some crime or breach of law, or to pursue for redress or punishment, before a legal tribunal; to proceed against judicially; as, to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot.

Prosecuteverb

To follow after.

Prosecuteverb

To institute and carry on a legal prosecution; as, to prosecute for public offenses.

Prosecuteverb

conduct a prosecution in a court of law

Prosecuteverb

bring a criminal action against (in a trial);

Prosecuteverb

carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in;

Sueverb

(transitive) To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal action.

Sueverb

(ambitransitive) To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.

Sueverb

To clean (the beak, etc.).

Sueverb

To leave high and dry on shore.

Sueverb

To court.

Sueverb

To follow.

Sueverb

To follow up; to chase; to seek after; to endeavor to win; to woo.

Sueverb

To seek justice or right from, by legal process; to institute process in law against; to bring an action against; to prosecute judicially.

Sueverb

To clean, as the beak; - said of a hawk.

Sueverb

To leave high and dry on shore; as, to sue a ship.

Sueverb

To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.

Sueverb

To prosecute; to make legal claim; to seek (for something) in law; as, to sue for damages.

Sueverb

To woo; to pay addresses as a lover.

Sueverb

To be left high and dry on the shore, as a ship.

Suenoun

French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)

Sueverb

institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against;