What is the difference between snitch and whistleblower ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.

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FunAndLoving

30 January

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A snitch is someone who provides information to authorities, often secretly and with the intention of incriminating others, while a whistleblower is someone who exposes illegal, unethical, or corrupt practices, usually within an organization, to the public or those in positions of authority, often at the risk of their own career and with the intention of improving the situation.

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FunAndLoving

30 January

English (US)

A snitch is someone who provides information to authorities, often secretly and with the intention of incriminating others, while a whistleblower is someone who exposes illegal, unethical, or corrupt practices, usually within an organization, to the public or those in positions of authority, often at the risk of their own career and with the intention of improving the situation.

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CatloverAKAdoggies

30 January

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@FunAndLoving

Thank you very much for your explanation!

So I think a snitch could be a criminal or normal person and sells their partners to the police for money/their profit/advantages, or for justice,
while a whistleblower is heroic, fighting against a criminal group or something, and risks their life for justice, is my understanding correct?