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Initiator vs Promoter - What's the difference?

initiator | promoter |

As nouns the difference between initiator and promoter

is that initiator is one who initiates while promoter is one who promotes, particularly with respect to entertainment events or goods.

initiator

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who initiates
  • (chemistry) A substance that initiates a chain reaction or polymerization
  • (computing) A task (in a mainframe computer) that initiates multiple jobs
  • (medicine) A material whose presence in the body eventually leads to cancer

    • promoter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who promotes, particularly with respect to entertainment events or goods.
  • (genetics) The section of DNA that controls the initiation of RNA transcription as a product of a gene.
  • An accelerator of catalysis, though not itself a catalyst.

    • Derived terms

    * promoterless

    Anagrams

    * * * English agent nouns