Observer vs Auditor - What's the difference?
observer | auditor |
One who makes observations, monitors or takes notice
One who adheres or follows laws, guidelines, etc.
A person sent as a representative, to a meeting or other function to monitor but not to participate
(military) A crew member on an aircraft who makes observations of enemy positions or aircraft
(military) A sentry etc. manning an observation post
One who audits bookkeeping accounts.
In many jurisdictions, an elected or appointed public official in charge of the public accounts; a comptroller.
One who audits an academic course; who attends the lectures but does not earn academic credit.
(rare) One who listens as a member of an audience
(Scientology) One trained to perform spiritual guidance procedures.
As nouns the difference between observer and auditor
is that observer is one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice while auditor is one who audits bookkeeping accounts.observer
English
(wikipedia observer)Noun
(en noun)- Most impartial observers agreed that Sampras had not served well.
- I shall be an observer of the local customs.
- The UN sent many observers to the country's first elections.
- The only crew-member to survive the crash was the Canadian observer .
- We waited till dusk when the observers' vision was poorest.