Supplier vs. Distributor — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Supplier and Distributor
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Supplier
A person or organization that provides something needed such as a product or service
The company has to pay suppliers within 90 days of purchase
Suppliers of health care
Every major energy supplier upped their prices
Distributor
A distributor, also commonly known as a dizzy, is an enclosed rotating shaft used in spark-ignition internal combustion engines that have mechanically timed ignition. The distributor's main function is to route secondary, or high voltage, current from the ignition coil to the spark plugs in the correct firing order, and for the correct amount of time.
Supplier
To make available for use; provide
Does the hotel supply towels?.
Distributor
An agent who supplies goods to retailers
A sports goods distributor
Supplier
To provide something necessary or desired to; furnish or equip
Supplied the players with uniforms.
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Distributor
A device in a petrol engine for passing electric current to each spark plug in turn.
Supplier
To have as a necessary or desirable feature
A crime scene that supplied valuable evidence.
Distributor
One that distributes, especially a device that applies electric current in proper sequence to the spark plugs of an engine.
Supplier
To fill sufficiently; satisfy
Supply a need.
Distributor
One that markets or sells merchandise, especially a wholesaler.
Supplier
To make up for (a deficiency, for example); compensate for.
Distributor
One who or that which distributes.
Supplier
The act of supplying
Funds for the supply of the expedition.
Distributor
A device that distributes electric current, especially to the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.
Supplier
An amount available or sufficient for a given use; stock
Our supply of milk is low.
Distributor
A machine for distributing type.
Supplier
Often supplies Materials or provisions stored and dispensed when needed.
Distributor
An appliance, such as a roller, in a printing press, for distributing ink.
Supplier
(Economics) The amount of a commodity available for meeting a demand or for purchase at a given price.
Distributor
One that distributes; a distributer;
Supplier
One who supplies; a provider.
Distributor
Someone who markets merchandise
Supplier
(soccer) Someone who assists (sets up) a goal.
Distributor
A person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion
Supplier
One who supplies.
Distributor
A company that markets merchandise;
His company is a large distributor of software products
Supplier
Someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity
Distributor
Electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence
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