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Client vs Participant - What's the difference?

client | participant |

As nouns the difference between client and participant

is that client is a customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services while participant is one who participates.

As an adjective participant is

sharing; participating; having a share of part.

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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    participant

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • one who participates

    • Synonyms

    * partaker, participator

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Sharing; participating; having a share of part.
  • * , History of the Reign of King Henry VII
  • ** Therefore during the parliament he published his royal proclamation, offering pardon and grace of restitution to all such as had taken arms, or been participant of any attempts against him;

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