You're right — while they’re related, they’re not exact synonyms:

• Separator: placed between items (e.g., commas in CSV).

• Terminator: comes after an item to mark its end (e.g., semicolon in code).

• Delimiter: a general term that can act as either, depending on context.

So, separators and terminators are both types of delimiters.

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