different between consumer vs countline

English

Etymology

consume +? -er

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?n?sju?m?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?n?sum?/
• Rhymes: -u?m?(r)

Noun

consumer (plural consumers)

1. One who, or that which, consumes.
2. (economics) Someone who trades money for goods or services as an individual.

   Antonym: producer

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

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

   Antonym: producer

   Hyponyms: carnivore, decomposer, detritivore, first-order consumer, herbivore, omnivore, scavenger, second-order consumer

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• consumer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• consumer at OneLook Dictionary Search
• consumer in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• "consumer" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 78.
• consumer in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• cornmuse, mucrones

French

Etymology

Latin c?ns?mere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.sy.me/

Verb

consumer

1. to consume; to use up
2. (figuratively) to consume

   Synonym: consommer

Conjugation

Related terms

• consommer

Further reading

• “consumer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

count +? line

Noun

countline (plural countlines)

1. A consumer product (especially confectionery) that is supplied to retailers in packages of multiple items and sold individually to customers.

Coordinate terms

• selfline