Wholesaler vs. Distributor

Wholesalernoun

A person or company that buys merchandise from manufacturers, importers, or distributors and resells the merchandise to retail businesses and to business and institutional end users.

Wholesalernoun

someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers

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.