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Causer vs Causee - What's the difference?

causer | causee |

As nouns the difference between causer and causee

is that causer is someone or something that causes or produces an effect while causee is the agent of the caused event in a causative construction.

causer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • someone or something that causes or produces an effect.

    • Synonyms

    * author * originator * source

    References

    * The New International Webster's Comprehensive Dictionary of the English Language, Encyclopedic Edition (2003). ISBN 3-89893-979-0 ----

    causee

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linguistics) The agent of the caused event in a causative construction.