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Emulator vs Savestate - What's the difference?

emulator | savestate |

As nouns the difference between emulator and savestate

is that emulator is a person or thing that emulates while savestate is a file that contains an emulator or virtualizer's state at the moment it was saved to disk popular in console emulation, the file contains the contents of the memory, registers and other pertinent data that allows the user to resume the application from the moment the file was created.

emulator

English

Noun

  • (en noun)(wikipedia)
  • A person or thing that emulates.
  • :...but I find in the life of this emulator of Caesar actions which, if necessity warranted, the heart must still refuse to approve...
  • (computing) A piece of software or hardware that simulates another system.

    • savestate

    English

    (wikipedia savestate)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A file that contains an emulator or virtualizer's state at the moment it was saved to disk. Popular in console emulation, the file contains the contents of the memory, registers and other pertinent data that allows the user to resume the application from the moment the file was created.