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Browser vs Navigator - What's the difference?

browser | navigator |

As nouns the difference between browser and navigator

is that browser is a person or animal who browses while navigator is a person who navigates, especially an officer with that responsibility on a ship or an aircrew member with that responsibility on an aircraft.

browser

English

(wikipedia browser)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person or animal who browses.
  • A person who, while shopping, purchases nothing.
  • (computing) A web browser.

    • Derived terms

    * browser hijacking * Web browser

    navigator

    English

    (wikipedia navigator)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a person who navigates, especially an officer with that responsibility on a ship or an aircrew member with that responsibility on an aircraft
  • a sea explorer
  • a device that navigates an aircraft, automobile or missile
  • (obsolete): a labourer on an engineering project such as a canal; a navvy

    • Derived terms

    * inertial navigator * navigatrix

    Related terms

    * navigate * navigation ----