Informer vs. Informant

One who informs someone else about something.

A person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity.

One who informs, animates, or inspires.

One who informs, animates, or inspires.

Example: ‘Nature, informer of the poet's art.’;

One who informs, or imparts knowledge or news.

One who informs a magistrate of violations of law; one who informs against another for violation of some law or penal statute.

one who reveals confidential information in return for money

One who relays confidential information to someone, especially to the police; an informer.

(linguistics) A native speaker who acts as a linguistic reference for a language being studied. The informant demonstrates native pronunciation, provides grammaticality judgments regarding linguistic well-formedness, and may also explain cultural references and other important contextual information.

One who, or that which, informs, animates, or vivifies.

One who imparts information or instruction.

One who offers an accusation; an informer. See Informer.

Example: ‘It was the last evidence of the kind; the informantwas hanged.’;

a person who supplies information

someone who sees an event and reports what happened

a person who gives information to another.

another term for informer

a person from whom a linguist or anthropologist obtains information about language, dialect, or culture.

An informant (also called an informer) is a person who provides privileged information about a person or organization to an agency. The term is usually used within the law enforcement world, where they are officially known as confidential human source (CHS), or criminal informants (CI).