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BIS Papers No 13: Comparison of creditor and debtor data on

What is the difference between debtors and creditors?
Understanding the difference between debtors and creditors
Creditors are individuals/businesses that have lent funds to another company and are therefore owed money.
By contrast, debtors are individuals/companies that have borrowed funds from a business and therefore owe money.
What is the difference between data and creditors?
To whom goods/services are sold on credit are called debtors and from whom goods/services purchased on credit are called creditors.
Debtors are related with credit sales and creditors are related to credit purchase.
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How debtors and creditors are shown in balance sheet?
Debtors are shown under 'Accounts receivable' as a current asset, and creditors come under 'Accounts payable' as a current liability.
ABSTRACT: China is now the world's leading creditor nation, while the United States is the world's largest debtor.
Beijing is the largest foreign holder of US government debt – passing Japan in 2008 to become, in effect, the US government's largest foreign creditor.

What is the difference between debtors and creditors?