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Customer vs Vendor - What's the difference?

customer | vendor |

As nouns the difference between customer and vendor

is that customer is a patron; one who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant, or intends to do so while vendor is a person or a company that vends or sells.

customer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A patron; one who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant, or intends to do so.
  • Every person who passes by is a potential customer .
  • (informal) A person, especially one engaging in some sort of interaction with others.
  • a cool customer''''', ''a tough '''customer''''', ''an ugly '''customer

    Anagrams

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    vendor

    English

    (wikipedia vendor)

    Alternative forms

    * vender

    Noun

  • A person or a company that vends or sells.
  • Synonyms

    * merchant * seller

    See also

    * Spanish: vender (to sell) ----