Updater vs Modifier - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between updater and modifier

is that updater is one who, or that which, updates while modifier is one who, or that which, modifies.

(en noun)

One who, or that which, updates.

*{{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 15, author=Virginia Heffernan, title=Being There, work=New York Times citation

, passage=My friend Lizzie, who is an actual poet, is a terrific, prolific updater . }}

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(wikipedia modifier)

(en noun)

One who, or that which, modifies.

(grammar) A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or phrase.

* qualifier

* access modifier * dangling modifier * modifier key