Benefactor vs Proprietor - What's the difference?
benefactor | proprietor |
Somebody who gives one a gift. Usually refers to someone who gives money to a charity or another form of organization.
An owner.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist), author=Lexington
, title= A sole owner of an unincorporated business, also called a sole proprietor.
One of the owners of an unincorporated business, a partner.
(history) One or more persons to whom a colonial territory is assigned, like a fief, including its administration.
As nouns the difference between benefactor and proprietor
is that benefactor is somebody who gives one a gift. Usually refers to someone who gives money to a charity or another form of organization while proprietor is an owner.benefactor
English
(wikipedia benefactor)Alternative forms
* benefactourNoun
(en noun)proprietor
English
(wikipedia proprietor)Noun
(en noun)Keeping the mighty honest, passage=The [Washington] Post's proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy: at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account. That is a very American position. British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins.}}