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Restorator vs Restorer - What's the difference?

restorator | restorer |

As nouns the difference between restorator and restorer

is that restorator is a restaurateur while restorer is one who restores.

restorator

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A restaurateur.
  • A restorer; one who restores.
    • (Webster 1913)

    restorer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who restores.
  • * 2014, (Paul Salopek), Blessed. Cursed. Claimed. , National Geographic (December 2014)[http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text]
    • Inside its exhibit hall, behind panes of glass, in a white-lit lab, a team of restorers works on an ancient Byzantine floor: 44 square yards of stone shards rescued from Lot’s Cave Monastery.