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Navigate vs Browser - What's the difference?

navigate | browser |

As a verb navigate

is to plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft etc on a journey; to follow a planned course.

As a noun browser is

a person or animal who browses.

navigate

English

Verb

  • To plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft etc on a journey; to follow a planned course.
  • He navigated the bomber to the Ruhr.
  • To travel over water in a ship; to sail.
  • We navigated to France in the dinghy.
  • (computing) To move from page to page on the internet or within a program by clicking on hyperlinks.
  • It was difficult to navigate back to the home page.

    Derived terms

    * navigation * navigator * navigable

    browser

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person or animal who browses.
  • A person who, while shopping, purchases nothing.
  • (computing) A web browser.
  • Derived terms

    * browser hijacking * Web browser