Tourist vs Customer - What's the difference?
tourist | customer |
Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2
, passage=Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist , and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.}}
(derogatory) One who visits a place or attends a social event out of curiosity, wanting to watch without commitment or involvement.
(sports, informal) A member of the visiting team in a match.
A patron; one who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant, or intends to do so.
(informal) A person, especially one engaging in some sort of interaction with others.
As nouns the difference between tourist and customer
is that tourist is tourist while customer is a patron; one who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant, or intends to do so.tourist
English
(Tourism)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* touristic * tourist office * tourist trap * touristycustomer
English
Noun
(en noun)- Every person who passes by is a potential customer .
- a cool customer''''', ''a tough '''customer''''', ''an ugly '''customer