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Auditor vs Listener - What's the difference?

auditor | listener |

As nouns the difference between auditor and listener

is that auditor is one who audits bookkeeping accounts while listener is someone who listens, especially to a speech or a broadcast.

auditor

English

Alternative forms

* auditour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who audits bookkeeping accounts.
  • In many jurisdictions, an elected or appointed public official in charge of the public accounts; a comptroller.
  • One who audits an academic course; who attends the lectures but does not earn academic credit.
  • (rare) One who listens as a member of an audience
  • (Scientology) One trained to perform spiritual guidance procedures.
  • listener

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who listens, especially to a speech or a broadcast.
  • * 1904 , :
  • * 1937 , (John Steinbeck), Of Mice and Men :
  • And then her words tumbled out in a passion of communication, as though she hurried before her listener could be taken away.
  • A function that runs in response to an event; an event handler.
  • Derived terms

    * listenership

    See also

    * audience

    Anagrams

    * * * English agent nouns