different between notifier vs notify

English

Etymology

notify +? -er

Noun

notifier (plural notifiers)

1. A person or thing which notifies or provides notification.

   The e-mail notifier displays a small icon in the notification area when mail is received.

French

Etymology

Loaned from "judicial" Latin *notificare, meaning to indicate, as per TLFi.

Verb

notifier

1. to notify

Conjugation

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English notifien, a borrowing from Old French notifier, notefiier.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?no?t?fa?/

Verb

notify (third-person singular simple present notifies, present participle notifying, simple past and past participle notified)

1. (transitive) To give (someone) notice (of some event). [mid-15c.]

2. (obsolete, transitive) To make (something) known. [late 14c.]
3. (obsolete, transitive) To make note of (something).

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

Usage notes

As illustrated by the two examples of use, the direct object of the verb can either be the party to which notice is given, or the event of which notice is given.

Synonyms

• apprise, inform; See also Thesaurus:inform

Related terms

• notifier
• notification
• notifyee

Translations

References

Anagrams

• tonify