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Provender vs Provider - What's the difference?

provender | provider |

As nouns the difference between provender and provider

is that provender is food, especially for livestock while provider is one who, or that which, provides a service, commodity, or the means for subsistence.

provender

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Food, especially for livestock.
  • * 1663 ,
    • He ripp'd the womb up of his mother, / Dame Tellus, 'cause he wanted fother, / And provender , wherewith to feed / Himself and his less cruel steed.
  • An edible material that provides sustenance.

    • Synonyms

    * (animal food) fodder

    External links

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    provider

    English

    (wikipedia provider)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, provides a service, commodity, or the means for subsistence.

    • Derived terms

    * Internet service provider * health care service provider