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Controller vs Gamepad - What's the difference?

controller | gamepad |

As nouns the difference between controller and gamepad

is that controller is one who controls something while gamepad is a type of game controller held in both hands and controlled with the thumbs.

controller

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who controls something.
  • * (rfdate) (Dryden)
    • The great controller of our fate / Deigned to be man, and lived in low estate.
  • (business) A person who audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.
  • (computing) A mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine, especially a peripheral device in a computer.
  • (nautical) An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged.

    • Synonyms

    * administrator * foreman * chief, head, head man * comptroller * overseer * organizer * superintendent * supervisor

    Derived terms

    * memory controller * microcontroller

    Related terms

    * control theory

    gamepad

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia gamepad) (en noun)
  • (video games) A type of game controller held in both hands and controlled with the thumbs.

    • Synonyms

    * joypad ----