employee vs operant

employee

noun
  • An individual who provides labor to a company or another person. 

  • One way to encourage your employees to work harder is by giving them incentives. 

operant

noun
  • An operative person or thing. 

  • Any of a class of behaviors that produce consequences by operating (i.e., acting) upon the environment. 

adj
  • That operates to produce an effect. 

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