Wholesaler vs. Distributor — What's the Difference?

The sale of goods in large quantities, as for resale by a retailer.

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.

Of, relating to, or engaged in the sale of goods in large quantities for resale

An agent who supplies goods to retailers

Made or accomplished extensively and indiscriminately; blanket

A device in a petrol engine for passing electric current to each spark plug in turn.

In large bulk or quantity.

One that distributes, especially a device that applies electric current in proper sequence to the spark plugs of an engine.

Extensively; indiscriminately.

One that markets or sells merchandise, especially a wholesaler.

To sell in large quantities for resale.

One who or that which distributes.

To engage in wholesale selling.

A device that distributes electric current, especially to the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.

To be sold wholesale.

A machine for distributing type.

A person or company that buys merchandise from manufacturers, importers, or distributors and resells the merchandise to retail businesses and to business and institutional end users.

An appliance, such as a roller, in a printing press, for distributing ink.

Someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers

One that distributes; a distributer;

Someone who markets merchandise

A person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion

A company that markets merchandise;

Electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence