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Consumer vs Consumerdom - What's the difference?

consumer | consumerdom |

As nouns the difference between consumer and consumerdom

is that consumer is one who, or that which, consumes while consumerdom is the realm or sphere of consumers or consumerism.

consumer

English

(wikipedia consumer)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who, or that which, consumes.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2006, author=
    • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=2 citation , passage=But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.}}
  • (economics) someone who trades money for goods as an individual.
    • This new system favours the consumer over the producer.
  • (biology) an organism that uses other organisms for food in order to gain energy.

    • Derived terms

    * anticonsumer * consumerist * consumerism

    Antonyms

    * (economics) and (biology): producer

    See also

    biology * carnivore * decomposer * detritivore * first-order consumer * herbivore * omnivore * producer * scavenger * second-order consumer English agent nouns ----

    consumerdom

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The realm or sphere of consumers or consumerism.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=September 28, author=Stuart Elliott, title=At an Industry Event, a Sense That the Gloom Is Lifting, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=This year, to capitalize on that interest, the announcement took place in the crossroads of consumerdom , Times Square. }}