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Contributor vs Driver - What's the difference?

contributor | driver |

As a noun contributor

is a benefactor; someone who donates to charity or some cause.

As a proper noun driver is

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contributor

English

Alternative forms

* contributour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A benefactor; someone who donates to charity or some cause.
  • I am a longstanding financial contributor to Amnesty International.
  • A person who backs, supports or champions a cause, activity or institution.
  • He was a regular contributor to Greenpeace protests.
  • A person (or thing) instrumental in the creation or growth of something.
  • With her strength and intelligence, she is an important contributor to the indigenous gene pool.
  • A person who produces articles published in a newspaper, magazine, online publication, etc.
  • William Safire has been a notable contributor to the op-ed pages of the ''New York Times'' for many years.

    driver

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who drives something, in any sense of the verb to drive .
  • Something that drives something, in any sense of the verb to drive .
  • A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car or a bus.
  • A person who drives some other vehicle.
  • (computing) A program that acts as an interface between an application and hardware, written specifically for the device it controls.
  • (golf) A golf club used to drive the ball a great distance.
  • (nautical) a kind of sail, smaller than a fore and aft spanker on a square-rigged ship, a driver is tied to the same spars.
  • Derived terms

    * back-seat driver * driver-ant * driver-boom * driverless * driverside * driver's license * driver transistor * driver tube * driver valve * driver-yard * in the driver's seat * pile-driver * screwdriver

    See also

    * chauffeur * conductor * pilot * rider ----