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Diode vs Transistor - What's the difference?

diode | transistor |

As nouns the difference between diode and transistor

is that diode is an electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; a valve while transistor is a solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals, which can be used for amplification, switching, voltage stabilization, signal modulation, and many other functions.

diode

English

(wikipedia diode)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; a valve.
  • A two-terminal semiconductor device, having a p-n junction, used chiefly as a rectifier.

    • Related terms

    * electrode * anode * cathode * triode * tetrode * pentode * hexode * heptode * octode * nonode

    Derived terms

    (active semiconductor component) * LED * photodiode * Zener diode

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    transistor

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia transistor)
  • a solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals, which can be used for amplification, switching, voltage stabilization, signal modulation, and many other functions
  • (dated, informal) a transistor radio

    • Derived terms

    * transistorize * transistorized * transistor radio