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Driver vs Codriver - What's the difference?

driver | codriver |

As a proper noun driver

is .

As a noun codriver is

the navigator in the sport of rally racing, who sits in the front passenger seat and gives directions to the driver.

driver

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who drives something, in any sense of the verb to drive .
  • Something that drives something, in any sense of the verb to drive .
  • A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car or a bus.
  • A person who drives some other vehicle.
  • (computing) A program that acts as an interface between an application and hardware, written specifically for the device it controls.
  • (golf) A golf club used to drive the ball a great distance.
  • (nautical) a kind of sail, smaller than a fore and aft spanker on a square-rigged ship, a driver is tied to the same spars.

    • Derived terms

    * back-seat driver * driver-ant * driver-boom * driverless * driverside * driver's license * driver transistor * driver tube * driver valve * driver-yard * in the driver's seat * pile-driver * screwdriver

    See also

    * chauffeur * conductor * pilot * rider ----

    codriver

    English

    Noun

    (Co-driver) (en noun)
  • The navigator in the sport of rally racing, who sits in the front passenger seat and gives directions to the driver.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=February 11, author=Don Sherman, title=Medical Regimen Keeps Racers Fresh, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=According to Roberto Moreno, one of Mr. Haywood’s codrivers at Daytona and a veteran of 41 Formula One and 122 Indy car races, “No team takes better care of its drivers than Brumos.” }}