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Compositor vs Composer - What's the difference?

compositor | composer |

As nouns the difference between compositor and composer

is that compositor is a person who sets type; a typesetter while composer is one who composes; an author.

compositor

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who sets type; a typesetter.
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  • *:Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer languageunderstood him very well. If he had written a love letter, or a farce, or a ballade , or a story, no one, either clerks, or friends, or compositors , would have understood anything but a word here and a word there.
  • One who, or that which, composes or sets in order.
  • :

    • composer

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia composer) (en noun)
  • One who composes; an author.
  • Especially , one who composes music.
  • One who, or that which, quiets or calms.
    • (en)