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Enabler vs Provider - What's the difference?

enabler | provider |

As nouns the difference between enabler and provider

is that enabler is one who helps something to happen while provider is one who, or that which, provides a service, commodity, or the means for subsistence.

enabler

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who helps something to happen.
  • One who encourages a bad habit in another (typically drug addiction) by his or her behaviour.
  • One who gives someone else the power to behave in a certain way.

    • See also

    * (projectlink) * co-dependence * provert

    References

    * Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary. English agent nouns

    provider

    English

    (wikipedia provider)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, provides a service, commodity, or the means for subsistence.

    • Derived terms

    * Internet service provider * health care service provider