Feb 25, 2018
Publish/Subscribe vs Producer/Consumer
Although both Publisher/Subscriber and Producer/Consumer terms are related to messaging, they are different and can't be used interchangeably.
Publisher/Subscriber is a messaging pattern where a publication is distributed to multiple receivers. Whereas in Producer/Consumer pattern, Producer is the sender of messages and consumer is the receiver of messages. Producer and consumers are an integral part of both Publisher/Subscriber and Point-to-Point messaging patterns.
more info about produce consumer is here