What is the difference between echolocation and sonar?
echolocation | sonar |
The use of echoes to detect objects as observed in bats and other natural creatures. Also known as biosonar.
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(nautical) A device that uses hydrophones (in the same manner as radar) to locate objects underwater.
Sonar is a synonym of echolocation.
As nouns the difference between echolocation and sonar
is that echolocation is the use of echoes to detect objects as observed in bats and other natural creatures. Also known as biosonar while sonar is echolocation.echolocation
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(en noun)William E. Conner
An Acoustic Arms Race, volume=101, issue=3, page=206-7, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.}}