Detector vs Probe - What's the difference?
detector | probe |
A device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon.
(surgery) Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc.
(figuratively) Something which penetrates something else, as though to explore; something which obtains information.
An act of probing; a prod, a poke.
(figuratively) An investigation or inquiry.
(aeronautics) A tube attached to an aircraft which can be fitted into the drogue from a tanker aircraft to allow for aerial refuelling.
(sciences) A small device, especially an electrode, used to explore, investigate or measure something by penetrating or being placed in it.
(astronautics) A small, usually unmanned, spacecraft used to acquire information or measurements about its surroundings.
(game of go) a move with multiple answers seeking to make the opponent choose and commit to a strategy
(intransitive) To explore, investigate, or question
* Hallam
To insert a probe into.
As nouns the difference between detector and probe
is that detector is a device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon while probe is (surgery) any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc.As a verb probe is
(intransitive) to explore, investigate, or question.detector
English
Noun
(en noun)- Smoke detectors are mandatory in public buildings.
Derived terms
* lie detector * smoke detectorprobe
English
Noun
(en noun)- They launched a probe into the cause of the accident.
- Insert the probe into the soil and read the temperature.
Synonyms
* (game of go ) yosu-miruDerived terms
* probe-and-drogueVerb
(prob)- If you probe further, you may discover different reasons.
- the growing disposition to probe the legality of all acts of the crown