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What is the difference between owner and proprietary?

owner | proprietary |

As nouns the difference between owner and proprietary

is that owner is one who owns (something) while proprietary is a proprietor or owner.

As an adjective proprietary is

of or relating to property or ownership, as proprietary rights.

owner

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who owns (something).
  • Are you the owner of this car?
  • captain of a ship
  • Synonyms

    * (one who owns) possessor, proprietor

    Derived terms

    * ownership

    proprietary

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to property or ownership, as proprietary rights .
  • Of or relating to the quality of being an owner, as the proprietary class .
  • Created or manufactured exclusively by the owner of intellectual property rights, as with a patent or trade secret.
  • The continuous profitability of the company is based on its many proprietary products.
  • *
  • Privately owned, as a proprietary lake .
  • (of a, person) Possessive, jealous, or territorial.
  • Noun

    (proprietaries)
  • A proprietor or owner.
  • (Fuller)
  • A body of proprietors, taken collectively.
  • A monk who had reserved goods and belongings to himself, notwithstanding his renunciation of all at the time of profession.