Operator vs Merchant - What's the difference?
operator | merchant |
One who operates.
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A telecommunications facilitator whose job is to establish temporary network connections.
(mathematics) A function or other mapping that carries variables defined on a domain into another variable or set of variables in a defined range.
Chinese whispers.
(informal) A person who is adept at making deals or getting results, especially one who uses questionable methods.
A member of a military Special Operations unit.
(computing) The administrator of a channel or network on IRC.
(linguistics) A kind of expression that enters into an a-bar movement dependency and is said to bind a variable.
A person who traffics in commodities for profit.
The owner or operator of a retail business.
A trading vessel; a merchantman.
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As a resident of a region, to buy goods from a non-resident and sell them to another non-resident.
As a noun operator
is an operator, a service provider, an isp.As a proper noun merchant is
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English
(wikipedia operator)Noun
(en noun)- In the sentence "What did Bill say he wants to buy?", "what" is an operator , binding a phonetically empty variable.
Derived terms
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English
(wikipedia merchant)Alternative forms
* merchaunt (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Every day, some sailor's wife, / The masters of some merchant', and the ' merchant , / Have just our theme of woe.
Derived terms
* merchantable * merchant bank * merchant banker * merchant flag * merchant fleet * merchantman * merchant marine * mercantile * merchant navy * merchant prince * merchant seaman * merchant ship * merchant tailor * wine merchantVerb
(en verb)- a merchanting service