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Recipient vs Consumer - What's the difference?

recipient | consumer |

As nouns the difference between recipient and consumer

is that recipient is container, vessel, recipient while consumer is one who, or that which, consumes.

recipient

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who receives, such as one who receives money or goods.
  • (medicine) An individual receiving donor organs or tissues.
  • (chemistry) The portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected.
  • Usage notes

    "Recipient" is often reserved for the act of receiving such things as awards or medals. "receiver" is used for insignificant items.

    See also

    * (Still) ----

    consumer

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, consumes.
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  • (economics) someone who trades money for goods as an individual.
  • This new system favours the consumer over the producer.
  • (biology) an organism that uses other organisms for food in order to gain energy.
  • Derived terms

    * anticonsumer * consumerist * consumerism

    Antonyms

    * (economics) and (biology): producer

    See also

    biology * carnivore * decomposer * detritivore * first-order consumer * herbivore * omnivore * producer * scavenger * second-order consumer English agent nouns ----