Difference between Suspect and Defendant

SUSPECT vs DEFENDANT: NOUN

Suspicion.
A vague or slight opinion.
Someone who is under suspicion
A suspected person; one suspected of a crime, offense, or the like.
One who is suspected, especially of having committed a crime.
A person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused
A person who is suspected of something, in particular of committing a crime.
One who, or that which, is suspected; an object of suspicion; -- formerly applied to persons and things; now, only to persons suspected of crime.
Something suspicious; something causing suspicion.

In criminal proceedings, the accused.
In civil proceedings, the party responding to the complaint; one who is sued and called upon to make satisfaction for a wrong complained of by another.
A person required to make answer in an action or suit; -- opposed to plaintiff.
One who defends; a defender.
In law, a party sued in a court of law, whether in a civil or a criminal proceeding; one who is summoned into court, that he may have opportunity to defend, deny, or oppose the demand or charge, and maintain his own right.
One who defends against an assailant, or against the approach of evil or danger; a defender.
A person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused
The party against which an action is brought.

To look up to; to respect.
To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct.
To imagine to exist; to have a slight or vague opinion of the existence of, without proof, and often upon weak evidence or no evidence; to mistrust; to surmise; -- commonly used regarding something unfavorable, hurtful, or wrong.

Doubtful; uncertain.
Suspected; suspicious.
To imagine guilt, danger, or the like; be suspicious.
To look up to; respect; esteem.
To hold to be uncertain; doubt; mistrust; distrust.
To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence or without proof.
To imagine to exist; have a vague or slight opinion of the existence of, often on weak or trivial evidence; mistrust; surmise.
The person being sued or accused
Regard as untrustworthy
Have no faith or confidence in
Hold in suspicion
Believe to be guilty
Regard with suspicion

The person being sued or accused
Defensive; proper for defense.
In law, making defense; being in the attitude of a defendant: as, the party defendant.

Man, Perpetrator, Assailant, Queer, Shady, Mistrust, Distrust, Funny, Doubt, Questionable, Fishy, Surmise, Accused, Defendant, Suspicious

Applicant, Indictee, Prosecutor, Convict, Litigant, Offender, Perpetrator, Complainant, Appellee, Respondent, Claimant, Plaintiff, Appellant, Accused, Suspect

Culprit, Perp, Man, Perpetrator, Assailant, Queer, Shady, Mistrust, Funny, Doubt, Questionable, Fishy, Accused, Defendant, Suspicious

Attorney, Applicant, Prosecutor, Convict, Litigant, Offender, Perpetrator, Complainant, Appellee, Respondent, Claimant, Plaintiff, Appellant, Accused, Suspect

Police Arrest Suspect Linked To Kidnapping Of Food.
State legislation that displaced the common law was therefore suspect and federal legislation that displaced state common law was equally suspect.
The media is rolled or pushed into the suspect material and the porous nature of the media collects the suspect material.
Second, feedback is virtually impossible when the administrator does not know who the suspect is or which photograph is that ofthe suspect.
Immediately after the preliminary suspect interview, the detective should determine whether a forensic sexual assault examination of the suspect should be conducted.
Once the suspect exited the store, officers stopped the suspect.
Advocates say the latter would ensure a suspect is prosecuted and victims see justice served before the suspect is deported.
He searched the rooms on the fourth floor for the suspect without a warrant and arrested the suspect.
OPD officers located the suspect as he fled the area and made the arrest of the suspect.
If the suspect is not in custody, all questioning of the suspect will cease immediately.

Defendant since the victim was two years old and that the Defendant was a close family friend.
Solution can streamline attachment request domestic defendant was called; defendant was arrested was sent.
Within local county attachment domestic defendant was arrested was called; defendant was a report taken?
It bears mention that the first defendant is the sole member of the third defendant.
Trooper asked why defendant rented a car to travel from CA to OH, but defendant had no answer.
Womble and defendant interacted; defendant shoved Womble during the incident.
Declaratory Judgment claim against Defendant Beltran, nor does he mention Defendant Beltran by name in his TAC.
Trooper stopped defendant for traffic violation and had defendant come back to the patrol car.
Defendant manufacturer moved for SJ, which was denied and defendant appealed.
The state has arrested the defendant, charged the defendant with eyewitness who knows that the state believes the defendant is the culprit.