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Holder vs Patentholder - What's the difference?

holder | patentholder |

As a proper noun holder

is .

As a noun patentholder is

the holder of a patent.

holder

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A thing that holds.
    • Put your umbrella in the umbrella holder .
  • A person who temporarily or permanently possesses something.
    • He's been an account holder with us since 2004.
    In 2012, there were 28 living holders of the Victoria Cross or the George Cross.
  • (nautical) One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.
  • (sports) The defending champion.

    • patentholder

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The holder of a patent.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=January 8, author=Donald G. Mcneil Jr., title=Jump-Start on Slow Trek to Treatment for a Disease, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The advantage of adopting an abandoned drug is that the former patentholder has usually done the chemical analyses, animal studies and, sometimes, early human trials, saving millions of dollars. }}