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Investor vs Broker - What's the difference?

investor | broker |

As nouns the difference between investor and broker

is that investor is while broker is realtor.

investor

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who invests money in order to make a profit.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1899, author=(Stephen Crane)
  • , title=, chapter=1 , passage=[…] (it was the town's humour to be always gassing of phantom investors who were likely to come any moment and pay a thousand prices for everything) — “[…] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. […]”}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author= Chico Harlan
  • , volume=189, issue=2, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Japan pockets the subsidy … , passage=Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."}}

    broker

    English

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (broke)
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) broker, brokour, brocour, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (wikipedia broker) (en noun)
  • A mediator between a buyer and seller.
  • (computing) An agent involved in the exchange of messages or transactions.
  • Derived terms
    * brokage * brokerage * playbroker * power broker * stockbroker

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To act as a broker; to mediate in a sale or transaction.