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applicant vs petitioner

petitioner vs applicant

applicant and petitioner both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
applicant Yes No No No
petitioner Yes No No No
As nouns, petitioner is a hyponym of applicant; that is, petitioner is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than applicant:
  • applicant: a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission
  • petitioner: one praying humbly for something
Other hyponyms of applicant include aspirant, aspirer, hopeful, wannabe, wannabee, bidder, claimant, job candidate, material, requester, suppliant, supplicant, possible, probable, submitter.
applicant (noun) petitioner (noun)
a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission one praying humbly for something
someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right
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