Operand vs. Operator — What's the Difference?

In mathematics an operand is the object of a mathematical operation, i.e., it is the object or quantity that is operated on.

A person who operates equipment or a machine

A quantity on which a mathematical or logical operation is performed.

A person or company that runs a business

A quantity to which an operator is applied (in $3\; -\; x$, the operands of the subtraction operator are 3 and $x$).

A person who acts in a shrewd or manipulative way

The symbol, quantity, or thing upon which a mathematical operation is performed; - called also faciend.

A symbol or function denoting an operation (e.g. ×, +).

A quantity upon which a mathematical operation is performed

One who operates a machine or device

The owner or manager of a business.

A military person who executes a special operation.

(Informal) A person who is adept at accomplishing goals through shrewd or unscrupulous maneuvers.

(Mathematics) A function, especially one from a set to itself, such as differentiation of a differentiable function or rotation of a vector.

A logical operator.

(Genetics) A chromosomal segment of DNA that regulates the activity of the structural genes of an operon by interacting with a specific repressor.

One who operates.

A telecommunications facilitator whose job is to establish temporary network connections.

(mathematics) A function or other mapping that carries variables defined on a domain into another variable or set of variables in a defined range. Category:en:Functions

(uncountable) The game of Chinese whispers.

(informal) A person who is adept at making deals or getting results, especially one who uses questionable methods.

A member of a military special operations unit.

(computing) The administrator of a channel or network on IRC.

(computing) A symbol that represents a construct in a programming language and differs from a normal function in its syntax.

(linguistics) A kind of expression that enters into an a-bar movement dependency and is said to bind a variable.

One who, or that which, operates or produces an effect.

One who performs some act upon the human body by means of the hand, or with instruments.

A dealer in stocks or any commodity for speculative purposes; a speculator.

The symbol that expresses the operation to be performed; - called also facient.

A person who operates a telephone switchboard.

A person who schemes and maneuvers adroitly or deviously to achieve his/her purposes.

(mathematics) a symbol that represents a function from functions to functions;

An agent that operates some apparatus or machine;

Someone who owns or operates a business;

A shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties

A speculator who trades aggressively on stock or commodity markets