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Vendor vs Distributor - What's the difference?

vendor | distributor |

As nouns the difference between vendor and distributor

is that vendor is a person or a company that vends or sells while distributor is one who distributes, a thing that distributes.

vendor

English

(wikipedia vendor)

Alternative forms

* vender

Noun

  • A person or a company that vends or sells.

    • Synonyms

    * merchant * seller

    Related terms

    * vend * vending machine * vendor bid

    See also

    * Spanish: vender (to sell) ----

    distributor

    English

    Alternative forms

    * distributour (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who distributes, a thing that distributes.
  • In an internal combustion engine, the device that distributes current to the spark plugs.