Prosumer vs. Consumer — What's the Difference?

A prosumer is an individual who both consumes and produces. The term is a portmanteau of the words producer and consumer.

A consumer is a person or a group who intends to order, orders, or uses purchased goods, products, or services primarily for personal, social, family, household and similar needs, not directly related to entrepreneurial or business activities.

(buzzword) A person in postindustrial society who combines the economic roles of producer and consumer

One that consumes, especially one that acquires goods or services for direct use or ownership rather than for resale or use in production and manufacturing.

A serious, enthusiastic consumer: not professional (earning money), but of similar interest and skills to a (generally lower level) professional, or aspiring to such. The target market of prosumer equipment.

(Ecology) A heterotrophic organism that ingests other organisms or organic matter in a food chain.

Targeted at serious, enthusiastic consumers, incorporating professional features but often modified for non-professional use.

One who, or that which, consumes.

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(economics) Someone who trades money for goods or services as an individual.

(by extension) The consumer base of a product, service or business.

(ecology) An organism (heterotroph) that uses other organisms for food in order to gain energy.

One who, or that which, consumes; as, the consumer of food.

The person or organization that uses some item of commerce or service in its own acitities, as opposed to reselling the item or including it as part of another item for resale; - called also the end user.

A person who uses goods or services