Starter vs Trigger - What's the difference?
starter | trigger |
Someone who starts something.
# The person who starts a race by firing a gun or waving a flag
# (baseball) A starting pitcher.
Something that starts something.
# An electric motor that starts an internal combustion engine
# A device that initiates the flow of high voltage electricity in a fluorescent lamp
# A yeast culture used to start a fermentation process
The first course of a meal, consisting of a small, usually savoury, dish.
(team sports) A player in the lineup of players that a team fields at the beginning of a game.
A dog that rouses game.
A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun.
A similar device used to activate any mechanism.
An event that initiates others, or incites a response.
(psychology) An event, experience or other stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or action in a person.
(electronics) A pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component.
(computing) An SQL procedure that may be initiated when a record is inserted, updated or deleted; typically used to maintain referential integrity.
(online gaming) A text string that, when received by a player, will cause the player to execute a certain command.
(archaic) A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.
to fire a weapon
to initiate something
to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)
As nouns the difference between starter and trigger
is that starter is starter (person or device) while trigger is a finger-operated lever used to fire a gun.As a verb trigger is
to fire a weapon.starter
English
Noun
(en noun)- a starter on a journey
- It's small, but it's a good starter house.
Synonyms
* (first course of a meal) hors d’oeuvreAnagrams
* * ----trigger
English
Noun
(en noun)- Just pull the trigger .
Derived terms
* trigger-happy * trigger point * trigger warningVerb
(en verb)- This story contains a rape scene and may be triggering for rape victims.