Projector vs. Monitor

Projector vs. Monitor — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Projector and Monitor

Projectornoun

Someone who devises or suggests a project; a proposer or planner of something.

Monitornoun

Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.

The camp monitors look after the children during the night, when the teachers are asleep.

Projectornoun

An optical device that projects a beam of light, especially one used to project an image (or moving images) onto a screen.

Monitornoun

A device that detects and informs on the presence, quantity, etc., of something.

Projectornoun

(psychology) One who projects, or ascribes his/her own feelings to others.

Monitornoun

(computing) A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer.

The information flashed up on the monitor.
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Projectornoun

(maths) An operator that forms a projection.

Monitornoun

A studio monitor or loudspeaker.

Projectornoun

an optical device for projecting a beam of light

Monitornoun

(computing) A program for viewing and editing.

a machine code monitor

Projectornoun

an optical instrument that projects an enlarged image onto a screen

Monitornoun

A student leader in a class.

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Monitornoun

(nautical) One of a class of relatively small armored warships designed for shore bombardment or riverine warfare rather than combat with other ships.

Monitornoun

(archaic) An ironclad.

Monitornoun

A monitor lizard.

Monitornoun

(obsolete) One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution.

Monitornoun

(engineering) A tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret, and capable of being revolved on a vertical pivot so as to bring the several tools successively into position.

Monitornoun

A monitor nozzle.

Monitorverb

(transitive) To watch over; to guard.

Monitornoun

display consisting of a device that takes signals from a computer and displays them on a CRT screen

Monitornoun

someone who supervises (an examination)

Monitornoun

someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided

Monitornoun

an iron-clad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with the Merrimac

Monitornoun

electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions

Monitornoun

a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble

Monitornoun

any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles

Monitorverb

keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance