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Exponent vs Backer - What's the difference?

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Exponent is a related term of backer.


As nouns the difference between exponent and backer

is that exponent is one who expounds, represents or advocates while backer is baker.

exponent

English

(wikipedia exponent)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who expounds, represents or advocates
  • (mathematics) The power to which a number, symbol or expression is to be raised. For example, the 3 in x^3.
  • (mathematics) The result of a logarithm, between a base and a power. For example the 2 in \log_b(p)=2.
  • (linguistics) A manifestation of a morphosyntactic property.

    • Derived terms

    * exponent of inseparability

    backer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, s; especially one who backs a person or thing in a contest.

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • (phonetics) (back)
    • Martin J. Ball and Nicole Müller (2005), Phonetics for communication disorders , p. 174:
  • :: /e?/ This diphthong is a glide from mid front tongue position toward a higher, backer position similar to that of /?/.
    • English agent nouns