What is the difference between shareholder and dividend?

A shareholder is the person who owns shares of company stock. The dividend is the dollars, paid quarterly (every 3 months), by the company to the shareholder. Receiving dividends are like receiving interest on a savings account.A shareholder is the person who owns the shares. The dividend is the 'profit' payed on the shares.A shareholder is the person who owns the shares of the company. The dividend is the part of the profit distributed among the share holders.invest t... you got it right.. everyone else is wrong.. DIVIDENDS ARE NOT PROFITS!!!!! it's part of the earnings thats all. Dividends are merely what the board or directors declares it will pay their shareholders.. e.g TMA (Thornberg mortgage) didn't make a profit, but paid the dividend non the less.. a month late but it was paid..