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Provider vs Informer - What's the difference?

provider | informer |

As nouns the difference between provider and informer

is that provider is one who, or that which, provides a service, commodity, or the means for subsistence while informer is one who informs someone else about something.

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

    informer

    English

    Alternative forms

    * informor (qualifier) * informour (qualifier)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who informs someone else about something.
  • A person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity.
  • One who informs, animates, or inspires.
    • (Thomson)
  • * Alexander Pope
    • Nature, informer of the poet's art.

    Synonyms

    * informant * See also

    See also

    * name names

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