Mutator vs. Setter — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Mutator and Setter
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Mutator
To undergo or cause to undergo mutation.
Setter
The setter is a type of gundog used most often for hunting game such as quail, pheasant, and grouse. In the UK, the four setter breeds, together with the pointers, usually form a subgroup within the gundog group as they share a common function.
Mutator
That which causes mutation or change.
In object-oriented programming, the mutator function changes the value of the field that gives its name.
Setter
One that sets
A setter of printing type.
A setter of rabbit traps.
Setter
Any of several breeds of long-haired hunting dogs originally trained to indicate the presence of game by crouching in a set position.
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Setter
A typesetter.
Setter
One who sets something, such as a challenge or an examination.
The exam was so hard we assumed the question setter must have been in a bad mood.
Setter
A long-haired breed of gundog.
She has a spaniel and a red setter.
Setter
(volleyball) The player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack.
Setter
(object-oriented programming) A function used to modify the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the getter.
Setter
A game or match that lasts a certain number of sets.
Setter
One who hunts victims for sharpers.
Setter
One who adapts words to music in composition.
Setter
A shallow seggar for porcelain.
Setter
To cut the dewlap (of a cow or ox), and insert a seton, so as to cause an issue.
Setter
One who, or that which, sets; - used mostly in composition with a noun, as typesetter; or in combination with an adverb, as a setter on (or inciter), a setter up, a setter forth.
Setter
A hunting dog of a special breed originally derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer. Modern setters are usually trained to indicate the position of game birds by standing in a fixed position, but originally they indicated it by sitting or crouching.
Setter
One who hunts victims for sharpers.
Setter
One who adapts words to music in composition.
Setter
An adornment; a decoration; - with off.
They come as . . . setters off of thy graces.
Setter
A shallow seggar for porcelain.
Setter
To cut the dewlap (of a cow or an ox), and to insert a seton, so as to cause an issue.
Setter
One who sets written material into type
Setter
A long-haired dog formerly trained to crouch on finding game but now to point
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