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Evaluator vs Rater - What's the difference?

evaluator | rater |

As nouns the difference between evaluator and rater

is that evaluator is agent noun of evaluate; one who evaluates while rater is one who provides a rating or assessment.

evaluator

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Agent noun of evaluate; one who evaluates.
    • They were asked to program an expression evaluator that could determine the value of a numeric expression.

    Coordinate terms

    *evaluand *evaluatee English agent nouns

    rater

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who provides a rating or assessment.
    • The three raters agreed on the score.
  • One who rates or scolds.

    • Derived terms

    * interrater

    Anagrams

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