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What is the difference between publisher and editor?

publisher | editor |

As nouns the difference between publisher and editor

is that publisher is one who publishes, especially books while editor is a person who edits or makes changes to documents.

publisher

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who publishes, especially books.

    • Usage notes

    Generally refers to a publishing company, though also applied to people.

    External links

    * (wikipedia "publisher")

    Anagrams

    * *

    editor

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (abbreviations) * (titular abbreviation) * (qualifier)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who edits or makes changes to documents.
  • A copy editor.
  • A person who edited a specific document.
  • * John Johnson wrote this term paper and the editor was Joan Johnson.
  • A person at a newspaper or similar institution who edits stories and decides which ones to publish.
  • * John is the city editor at the ''Daily Times''.
  • A machine used for editing (cutting and splicing) movie film
  • (computer software) A program for creating]] and [[make, making changes to files, especially text files.
  • * The TPU EVE editor''' is an excellent, extensible, programmable '''editor .
  • (television, cinematography) Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor.

    • Derived terms

    * copy editor * flatbed editor * editorial * editorializing * * editor-in-chief * edit

    Anagrams

    * * * *

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