Difference between reduce task and a reducer

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"a reducer is different than a reduce task. A reducer can run multiple reduce tasks". Can someone explain this with the below example?

foo.txt: Sweet, this is the foo file bar.txt: This is the bar file

and I am using 2 reducers. What are the reduce tasks and based on what multiple reduce tasks are generated in a reducer?

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