# What is the difference between a user and a role?

**URL:** <https://www.starburst.io/community/forum/t/what-is-the-difference-between-a-user-and-a-role/359>\
**Category:** Trino\
**Created:** [July 26, 2023, 11:31pm UTC](https://www.starburst.io/community/forum/t/what-is-the-difference-between-a-user-and-a-role/359 "2023-07-26T23:31:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![TrinoSlackHighlights](https://www.starburst.io/community/forum/user_avatar/www.starburst.io/trinoslackhighlights/32/174_2.png) [@TrinoSlackHighlights](https://www.starburst.io/community/forum/u/TrinoSlackHighlights)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 11:31pm UTC](https://www.starburst.io/community/forum/t/what-is-the-difference-between-a-user-and-a-role/359/1 "2023-07-26T23:31:18Z")

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How can I create each one? I saw the syntax for CREATE ROLE but I didn’t find the syntax to create a user.

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**Author:** ![TrinoSlackHighlights](https://www.starburst.io/community/forum/user_avatar/www.starburst.io/trinoslackhighlights/32/174_2.png) [@TrinoSlackHighlights](https://www.starburst.io/community/forum/u/TrinoSlackHighlights)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 11:35pm UTC](https://www.starburst.io/community/forum/t/what-is-the-difference-between-a-user-and-a-role/359/2 "2023-07-26T23:35:11Z")

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Answer: ROLE and USER are the same thing. The notion of a USER exists in some connectors based on how they implement these things, but in Trino, it’s will be consistently referred to as a ROLE, and that maps into the connectors as needed.