Transducer vs Convertor - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between transducer and convertor

is that transducer is a device that converts energy from one form into another while convertor is a person who, or a thing that converts.

(wikipedia transducer)

(en noun)

A device that converts energy from one form into another.

(computing theory) A state machine that generates output based on a given input.

* Not to be confused with transductor.

(en noun)

A person who, or a thing that converts

# A furnace in which pig iron is converted to steel

# A rectifier that converts alternating current to direct current

# A device that converts an analogue to a digital signal, or vice versa

# A reaction chamber in which exhaust gases are catalytically converted to carbon dioxide