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Reader vs Viewer - What's the difference?

reader | viewer |

As nouns the difference between reader and viewer

is that reader is a person who reads a publication while viewer is someone that views some spectacle; an onlooker or spectator.

reader

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who reads a publication.
  • A person who recites literary works, usually to an audience.
  • A proofreader.
  • (chiefly, British) A university lecturer below a professor.
  • Any device that reads something.
  • a card reader''''', ''a microfilm '''reader
  • A book of exercises to accompany a textbook.
  • A literary anthology.
  • A lay or minor cleric who reads lessons in a church service.
  • A newspaper advertisement designed to look like an news article rather than a commercial solicitation.
  • Derived terms

    * early reader

    Anagrams

    * * * English agent nouns

    viewer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone that views some spectacle; an onlooker or spectator
  • Someone who watches television
  • Any optical device used to view photographic slides
  • (computing) A program that displays the contents of a file of digital images; an image viewer or file viewer