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Pollster vs Questionnaire - What's the difference?

pollster | questionnaire |

As nouns the difference between pollster and questionnaire

is that pollster is a professional whose primary job is conducting pre-election polls while questionnaire is a form containing a list of questions; a means of gathering information for a survey.

As a verb questionnaire is

to survey using questionnaires.

pollster

English

Noun

(wikipedia pollster) (en noun)
  • A professional whose primary job is conducting pre-election polls.

    • References

    * Public Opinion Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 4 (Winter, 1950-1951), pp. 617-638 * American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 40, No. 8, 1183-1189 (1997)

    questionnaire

    English

    (wikipedia questionnaire)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A form containing a list of questions; a means of gathering information for a survey

    • Verb

    (questionnair)
  • to survey using questionnaires
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