Founder vs. Creator

Founder vs. Creator — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Founder and Creator

Foundernoun

One who founds or establishes (especially said of a company, project, organisation, state)

the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg

Creatornoun

Something or someone which creates or makes something.

Kenneth E. Iverson was the creator of APL.

Foundernoun

(genetics) Someone for whose parents one has no data.

Creatornoun

(religion) The deity that created the world.

Foundernoun

The iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation.

Creatornoun

terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

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Foundernoun

One who casts metals in various forms; a caster.

a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or printing types

Creatornoun

a person who grows or makes or invents things

Founderverb

(intransitive) Of a ship, to fill with water and sink.

Founderverb

(intransitive) To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.

Founderverb

(intransitive) To fail; to miscarry.

Founderverb

To cause to fill and sink, as a ship.

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Founderverb

(transitive) To disable or lame (a horse) by causing internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs.

Foundernoun

inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse

Foundernoun

a person who founds or establishes some institution;

George Washington is the father of his country

Foundernoun

a worker who makes metal castings

Founderverb

fail utterly; collapse;

The project foundered

Founderverb

sink below the surface

Founderverb

break down, literally or metaphorically;

The wall collapsedThe business collapsedThe dam brokeThe roof collapsedThe wall gave inThe roof finally gave under the weight of the ice

Founderverb

stumble and nearly fall;

the horses foundered