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Creator vs Generator - What's the difference?

creator | generator | Synonyms |

Creator is a synonym of generator.


As a proper noun creator

is (religion) a god who created the universe.

As a noun generator is

generator.

creator

English

(Creator deity)

Alternative forms

* creatour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something or someone which creates or makes something.
  • Kenneth E. Iverson was the creator of APL.
  • (religion) The deity that created the world.
  • Usage notes

    * Usually capitalized as Creator when referring to a specific deity.

    Anagrams

    * English agent nouns ----

    generator

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.
  • # (chemistry) An apparatus in which vapour or gas is formed from a liquid or solid by means of heat or chemical process, as a steam boiler, gas retort etc.
  • # (music) The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; the fundamental note or root of the common chord; -- see also generating tone.
  • # (mathematics) An element of a group that is used in the presentation of the group: one of the elements from which the others can be inferred with the given relators.
  • # (geometry) One of the lines of a ruled surface; more generally, an element of some family of linear spaces.
  • # (programming) A subordinate piece of code which, given some initial parameters will generate multiple output values on request.
  • A piece of apparatus, equipment, etc, to convert or change energy from one form to another.
  • # Especially, a machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.
  • Antonyms

    * (one which generates) extinguisher