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Feeder vs Supplier - What's the difference?

feeder | supplier |

As nouns the difference between feeder and supplier

is that feeder is that which feeds while supplier is one who supplies; a provider.

feeder

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • That which feeds.
  • That which is used to feed.
  • a bird feeder
  • A tributary stream, especially of a canal.
  • A branch line of a railway
  • A transmission line that feeds the electricity for an electricity substation, or for a transmitter.
  • The pitcher.
  • (video games, derogatory) A player who is killed by the opposing player or team more than once through lack of skills and experience, thus helping the opposing side.
  • Stop feeding! You feeder .
  • The participant in feederism who feeds the other (the feedee).
  • * 2010 , Niall Richardson, Transgressive Bodies
  • Often similes such as 'soft as velvet' or 'fluffy like a cloud' will be employed and the feeder will describe how he feels he can be lost in the enveloping folds of soft flesh.

    Derived terms

    * bottom feeder * feeder cattle * feeder fish * feederism

    Anagrams

    * * English agent nouns ----

    supplier

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who supplies; a provider.
  • * {{quote-magazine, title=An internet of airborne things, date=2012-12-01, volume=405, issue=8813, page=3 (Technology Quarterly), magazine= citation
  • , passage=A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.}}
  • (soccer) Someone who assists (sets up) a goal.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=January 16 , author=Saj Chowdhury , title=Sunderland 1 - 1 Newcastle , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Regular supplier Barton played in another teasing corner, which was headed on towards goal by the impressive Ameobi and flicked in by expert poacher Nolan.}}

    See also

    * provider * vendor

    Anagrams

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