Dealer vs. Supplier — What's the Difference?

A person who buys and sells goods

A person or organization that provides something needed such as a product or service

The player who distributes the cards at the start of a game.

To make available for use; provide

One that is engaged in buying and selling

To provide something necessary or desired to; furnish or equip

The person who distributes the cards in a game of cards.

To have as a necessary or desirable feature

In a game of cards, especially poker, the position from which cards are dealt clockwise around the table, usually marked by the button.

To fill sufficiently; satisfy

A croupier.

To make up for (a deficiency, for example); compensate for.

One who deals in goods, especially automobiles; a middleman.

The act of supplying

A drug dealer, one who peddles illicit drugs.

An amount available or sufficient for a given use; stock

A particular type of stock broker or trader.

Often supplies Materials or provisions stored and dispensed when needed.

The person who deals the cards in a card game.

(Economics) The amount of a commodity available for meeting a demand or for purchase at a given price.

One who deals or metes out anything.

One who supplies; a provider.

One who deals; one who has to do, or has concern, with others; esp., a trader, a trafficker, a shopkeeper, a broker, or a merchant; as, a dealer in dry goods; a dealer in stocks; a retail dealer.

(soccer) Someone who assists (sets up) a goal.

One who distributes cards to the players.

One who supplies.

Someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold

Someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity

A firm engaged in trading

A seller of illicit goods;

The major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account

The person who distributes the playing cards in a card game