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Initiator vs Requestor - What's the difference?

initiator | requestor |

As nouns the difference between initiator and requestor

is that initiator is one who initiates while requestor is one who, or that which, makes a request.

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

    • requestor

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, makes a request.