Dealer vs. Distributor

Dealernoun

One who deals in goods, especially automobiles; a middleman.

Dealernoun

One who peddles illicit drugs, especially to teenagers.

Dealernoun

A particular type of stock broker or trader.

Dealernoun

The person who deals the cards in a card game.

Dealernoun

One who deals; one who has to do, or has concern, with others; esp., a trader, a trafficker, a shopkeeper, a broker, or a merchant; as, a dealer in dry goods; a dealer in stocks; a retail dealer.

Dealernoun

One who distributes cards to the players.

Dealernoun

someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold

Dealernoun

a firm engaged in trading

Dealernoun

a seller of illicit goods;

Dealernoun

the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account

Dealernoun

the person who distributes the playing cards in a card game

Dealernoun

a person who buys and sells goods

Dealernoun

a person who buys and sells shares, securities, or other financial assets as a principal (rather than as a broker or agent)

Dealernoun

a person who sells illegal drugs

Dealernoun

the player who distributes the cards at the start of a game.

Distributornoun

One who or that which distributes.

Distributornoun

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

Distributornoun

A machine for distributing type.

Distributornoun

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

Distributornoun

One that distributes; a distributer;

Distributornoun

someone who markets merchandise

Distributornoun

a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion

Distributornoun

a company that markets merchandise;

Distributornoun

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

Distributornoun

an agent who supplies goods to retailers

Distributornoun

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

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.