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Supplier vs. Distributor — What's the Difference?

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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