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Geophone vs Hydrophone - What's the difference?

geophone | hydrophone |

As nouns the difference between geophone and hydrophone

is that geophone is (geology) a form of microphone that detects and records seismic vibrations while hydrophone is a transducer that converts underwater sound waves into electrical signals, rather like a microphone.

geophone

English

Noun

(wikipedia geophone) (en noun)
  • (geology) A form of microphone that detects and records seismic vibrations

    • hydrophone

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia hydrophone) (en noun)
  • a transducer that converts underwater sound waves into electrical signals, rather like a microphone