Difference between Abbreviator and Abridger

What is the difference between Abbreviator and Abridger?

Abbreviator as a noun is agent noun of abbreviate; one who abbreviates or shortens. while Abridger as a noun is one who abridges.

Abbreviator

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Agent noun of abbreviate; one who abbreviates or shortens. One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty is to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into official form.

Abridger

Part of speech: noun

Definition: One who abridges.

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