Stakeholder vs Sponsor - What's the difference?
stakeholder | sponsor |
A person holding the stakes of bettors, with the responsibility of delivering the pot to the winner of the bet.
An escrow agent or custodian.
(legal) A person filing an interpleader action, such as a garnishee or trustee, who acknowledges possession of property that is owed to one or more of several other claimants.
A person or organisation with a legitimate interest in a given situation, action or enterprise.
A person or organisation with some sort of responsibility for another person or organisation, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or financial aspect.
:
:
*
*:The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it. […] But there was not a more lascivious reprobate and gourmand in all London than this same Greystone.
#A senior member of a twelve step or similar program assigned to a guide a new initiate and form a partnership with him.
#:
One that pays all or part of the cost of an event, a publication, or a media program, usually in exchange for advertising time.
:
To be a sponsor for.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
, volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title=
As nouns the difference between stakeholder and sponsor
is that stakeholder is a person holding the stakes of bettors, with the responsibility of delivering the pot to the winner of the bet while sponsor is a person or organisation with some sort of responsibility for another person or organisation, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or financial aspect.As a verb sponsor is
to be a sponsor for.stakeholder
English
Noun
(wikipedia stakeholder) (en noun)Usage notes
The last definition essentially contradicts the historic definitions and hence the word has become a contronym. The last definition refers to one who has'' an interest in an issue, whereas the initial definitions refer to one who does ''not have an interest in the property held. The last definition has gained significant use since the 1990s, especially when discussing corporate governance.sponsor
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* patron, underwriterVerb
(en verb)Fantasy of navigation, passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}
