Petitioner vs Applicant – What’s the difference?

Petitioner vs Applicant - What's the difference?
As nouns the difference between petitioner and applicant is that petitioner is (legal) someone who presents a petition to a court while applicant is one who applies for something; one who makes request; a petitioner.

petitioner

English

Noun

(wikipedia petitioner )
(en noun )

  • (legal) Someone who presents a petition to a court.
  • Anagrams

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    applicant

    English

    Noun

    (en noun )

  • One who applies for something; one who makes request; a petitioner.
  • The third coordinate (or z-coodinate) in a three dimensional coordinate system.