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Creator vs Builder - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between creator and builder

is that creator is something or someone which creates or makes something while builder is a person who builds or constructs things.

As a proper noun Creator

is a god who created the Universe.

creator

English

(Creator deity)

Alternative forms

* creatour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something or someone which creates or makes something.
    • Kenneth E. Iverson was the creator of APL.
  • (religion) The deity that created the world.

    • Usage notes

    * Usually capitalized as Creator when referring to a specific deity.

    Related terms

    * create * creation * creational * creationary * creative * creatrix * creature * procreate * recreate * recreation

    Anagrams

    * English agent nouns ----

    builder

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who builds or constructs things.
  • (trade) Master artisan, who receives his instructions from the architect, and employs workers.
  • (rare, bodybuilding) A bodybuilder.
  • * 1991 — Samuel Wilson Fussell, Muscle: Confessions of an Unlikely Bodybuilder , ch 4
    • In the competitions, bodybuilders go through "mandatories"—a set of mandatory poses—in the morning, where the judges compare the body parts of the builders .

    Derived terms

    * bodybuilder * builder's bum * builder's cleavage * builder's tea * homebuilder * mound builder * set-builder notation

    See also

    * *

    Synonyms

    * (a person who builds or constructs things) constructor

    Antonyms

    * (a person who builds or constructs things) destroyer, wrecker

    Anagrams

    * English agent nouns