different between initiator vs sender

English

Etymology

initiate +? -or

Noun

initiator (plural initiators)

1. One who initiates.
2. (chemistry) A substance that initiates a chain reaction or polymerization.
3. (military) A component of a nuclear weapon that produces a burst of neutrons to trigger a fission chain reaction.
4. (computing) A task (in a mainframe computer) that initiates multiple jobs.
5. (medicine) A material whose presence in the body eventually leads to cancer.

Translations

Latin

Verb

initi?tor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of initi?
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of initi?

References

• initiator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• initiator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• initiator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

send +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?nd?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?(r)

Noun

sender (plural senders)

1. Someone who sends.

   The package was addressed to someone we didn't know, so we returned it to the sender.

2. A device or component that transmits, as in telegraphy or computer networks.

Antonyms

• addressee
• receiver

Translations

Anagrams

• Enders, Rendes, denser, dreens, enders, resend

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Occitan sendièra), from Vulgar Latin *semit?rius, from Latin semita (compare French sentier, Spanish sendero, Portuguese sendeiro, Italian sentiero). Attested from 1154.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /s?n?de/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /sen?de?/

Noun

sender m (plural senders)

1. footpath

Related terms

• senda
• sendera

See also

• viarany

References

Further reading

• “sender” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sender” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sender” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?n?r/, [?s?n?]

Etymology 1

From sende (“to transmit”) +? -er.

Noun

sender c (singular definite senderen, plural indefinite sendere)

1. transmitter
2. radio station

Inflection

Etymology 2

See sende (“to send, dispatch, broadcast, transmit”).

Verb

sender

1. present of sende

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

sender

1. present tense of sende

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

sender

1. present of senda