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Applicant vs Client - What's the difference?

applicant | client |

As nouns the difference between applicant and client

is that applicant is one who applies for something; one who makes request; a petitioner while client is a customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.

applicant

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who applies for something; one who makes request; a petitioner.
  • The third coordinate (or z-coodinate) in a three dimensional coordinate system.

    • client

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.
  • (computing) The role of a computer application or system that requests and/or consumes the services provided by another having the role of server.
  • Person who receives help or advice from a professional person (ex. a lawyer, an accountant, a social worker, a psychiatrist, etc).
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  • (legal) A person who employs or retains an attorney to represent him or her in any legal matter, or one who merely divulges confidential matters to an attorney while pursuing professional assistance without subsequently retaining the attorney.

    • Synonyms

    * (customer) buyer, customer

    Holonyms

    * (customer) clientele

    Derived terms

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    Related terms

    * clientele * client state

    See also

    * ("client" on Wikipedia) * server

    Anagrams

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