Client vs Customer

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Customer: buys goods or services. Client: uses professional advice or services.
Both are on the other side of a transaction, but the word depends on what is being bought. Image by Martin Thoma

A customer is somebody who buys goods, e.g. in a supermarket. Or somebody who buys services, like at a hairdresser.

A client uses professional advisors and services. Accountants, architects, attorneys, consultants, and sex workers have clients.