Contributor vs Representative - What's the difference?
contributor | representative |
A benefactor; someone who donates to charity or some cause.
A person who backs, supports or champions a cause, activity or institution.
A person (or thing) instrumental in the creation or growth of something.
A person who produces articles published in a newspaper, magazine, online publication, etc.
Typical; having the same properties or interest as a larger group.
One who may speak for another in a particular capacity, especially in negotiation.
A member of a legislative or governing body who represents a constituency.
One that is taken as typical of its class.
(US, politics) A member of the .
Company agent who visits potential purchasers, salesman.
As a noun contributor
is a benefactor; someone who donates to charity or some cause.As an adjective representative is
.contributor
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Alternative forms
* contributour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- I am a longstanding financial contributor to Amnesty International.
- He was a regular contributor to Greenpeace protests.
- With her strength and intelligence, she is an important contributor to the indigenous gene pool.
- William Safire has been a notable contributor to the op-ed pages of the ''New York Times'' for many years.
representative
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Are you sure this paper is representative of your child's writing?
- If you took all the fools out of the legislature, it wouldn't be a representative body anymore. — Texas State Senator Carl Parker.
Noun
(en noun)- I will send a representative to work out the details of the contract.
- She served four terms as representative of her local at the national union convention.
- All representatives face re-election every two years.