Holder vs Container - What's the difference?
holder | container |
A thing that holds.
A person who temporarily or permanently possesses something.
(nautical) One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.
(sports) The defending champion.
An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods (also cargo container).
(by extension) someone who holds people in their seats or in a (reasonably) calm state.
(computing) A file format that can hold various types of data.
* 2011 , Cory Altheide, Harlan Carvey, Digital Forensics with Open Source Tools (page 187)
(computing, GUI) Any user interface component that can hold further (child) components.
As nouns the difference between holder and container
is that holder is a thing that holds while container is an item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.As a proper noun Holder
is {{surname|lang=en}.holder
English
Noun
(en noun)- Put your umbrella in the umbrella holder .
- He's been an account holder with us since 2004.
- In 2012, there were 28 living holders of the Victoria Cross or the George Cross.
container
English
Noun
(en noun)- As the MP4 container can store audio, video, or both, the M4A naming and file extension is used to hint that this MP4 container holds solely audio information.
