Vendor vs. Application

A person or a company that vends or sells.

A vending machine.

To bundle third-party dependencies with the source code for one's own program.

Example: ‘I distributed my application with a vendored copy of Perl so that it wouldn't use the system copies of Perl where it is installed.’;

As the software vendor, to bundle one's own, possibly modified version of dependencies with a standard program.

Example: ‘Strawberry Perl contains vendored copies of some CPAN modules, designed to allow them to run on Windows.’;

A vender; a seller; the correlative of vendee.

someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money

a person or company offering something for sale, especially a trader in the street

Example: ‘an Italian ice-cream vendor’;

the seller in a sale, especially of property.

In a supply chain, a vendor, or a seller, is an enterprise that contributes goods or services. Generally, a supply chain vendor manufactures inventory/stock items and sells them to the next link in the chain.

The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense

Example: ‘The application of this cream should reduce the swelling.’;

The substance applied.

The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.

The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.

Example: ‘I make the remark, and leave you to make the application.’; ‘The application of a theory to a set of data can be challenging.’;

(computing) A computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as a tool for a well-defined purpose. (Also called: application program; application software.)

Example: ‘This iPhone application can connect to most social networks.’;

A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.

Example: ‘December 31 is the deadline for MBA applications.’;

A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.

Example: ‘Their application for a deferral of the hearing was granted.’;

The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.

Diligence; close thought or attention.

A kind of needlework; appliqué.

(obsolete) Compliance.

The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.

The thing applied.

Example: ‘He invented a new application by which blood might be stanched.’;

The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.

Example: ‘If a right course . . . be taken with children, there will not be much need of the application of the common rewards and punishments.’;

The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence; as, I make the remark, and leave you to make the application; the application of a theory.

That part of a sermon or discourse in which the principles before laid down and illustrated are applied to practical uses; the "moral" of a fable.

The capacity of being practically applied or used; relevancy; as, a rule of general application.

The act of fixing the mind or closely applying one's self; assiduous effort; close attention; as, to injure the health by application to study.

Example: ‘Had his application been equal to his talents, his progress might have been greater.’;

The act of making request of soliciting; as, an application for an office; he made application to a court of chancery.

A request; a document containing a request; as, his application was placed on file.

a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school;

Example: ‘December 31 is the deadline for applications’;

the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose;

Example: ‘he advocated the application of statistics to the problem’; ‘a novel application of electronics to medical diagnosis’;

a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task;

Example: ‘he has tried several different word processing applications’;

the work of applying something;

Example: ‘the doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine’; ‘a complete bleach requires several applications’; ‘the surface was ready for a coating of paint’;

liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin;

Example: ‘a lotion for dry skin’;

a diligent effort;

Example: ‘it is a job requiring serious application’;