I have seen both this words, Hersteller and Ersteller and they seem to mean the same. Which seems kinda weird because they are so similarly written, that often I think it is just a typo.
Is there any special difference between one and the other?
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Sign up to join this communityI have seen both this words, Hersteller and Ersteller and they seem to mean the same. Which seems kinda weird because they are so similarly written, that often I think it is just a typo.
Is there any special difference between one and the other?
Hersteller: widely used, means typically the manufacturer of an industrial product (car, elevator, refrigerator ...)
Ersteller: rarely used, can mean author, e. g. of a bug report
You can really translate them one to one:
Hersteller: manufacturer / producer
Ersteller: originator / creator