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Hypervisor vs Emulator - What's the difference?

hypervisor | emulator |

In computing terms the difference between hypervisor and emulator

is that hypervisor is a software and/or firmware system that provides a virtual machine and allows it to operate directly on underlying hardware (instead of via emulation), but within specified constraints while emulator is a piece of software or hardware that simulates another system.

hypervisor

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (computing) A software and/or firmware system that provides a virtual machine and allows it to operate directly on underlying hardware (instead of via emulation), but within specified constraints.
    • English words prefixed with hyper-

    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.