Switch vs. Button

Switch vs. Button — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Switch and Button

Switchnoun

A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.

Buttonnoun

A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.

April fastened the buttons of her overcoat to keep out the wind.

Switchnoun

A change.

Buttonnoun

A mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.

Pat pushed the button marked "shred" on the blender.

Switchnoun

A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; point.

Buttonnoun

(graphical user interface) An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.

Click the button that looks like a house to return to your browser's home page.
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Switchnoun

A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in the United States.

Buttonnoun

(US) A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.

The politician wore a bright yellow button with the slogan "Vote Smart" emblazoned on it.

Switchnoun

(computer science) A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.

Use the /b switch to specify black-and-white printing.

Buttonnoun

(botany) A bud.

Switchnoun

A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression.

Buttonnoun

The head of an unexpanded mushroom.

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Switchnoun

A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient hub device that solely duplicates network packets to each wire.

Buttonnoun

(slang) The clitoris.

Switchnoun

(telecommunication) A system of specialized relays, computer hardware, or other equipment which allows the interconnection of a calling party's telephone line with any called party's line.

Buttonnoun

(curling) The center (bullseye) of the house.

Switchnoun

(BDSM) One who is willing to take either a submissive or a dominant role in a sexual relationship.

Buttonnoun

(fencing) The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.

Switchverb

(transitive) To exchange.

I want to switch this red dress for a green one.

Buttonnoun

(poker) A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also dealer's button.

Switchverb

(transitive) To change (something) to the specified state using a switch.

Switch the light on.

Buttonnoun

(poker) The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button.

Switchverb

(transitive) To whip or hit with a switch.

Buttonnoun

(archaic) A person who acts as a decoy.

Switchverb

(intransitive) To change places, tasks, etc.

I want to switch to a different seat.

Buttonnoun

A raised pavement marker to further indicate the presence of a pavement marking painted stripe.

Switchverb

To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged.

Buttonnoun

A methaqualone tablet (used as a recreational drug).

Switchverb

To swing or whisk.

to switch a cane

Buttonnoun

A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, such as a door.

Switchverb

To be swung or whisked.

The angry cat's tail switched back and forth.

Buttonnoun

A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion.

Switchverb

To trim.

to switch a hedge

Buttonnoun

A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.

Switchverb

To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with off, from, etc.

to switch off a train; to switch a car from one track to another

Buttonnoun

A small white blotch on a cat's coat.

Switchverb

(ecclesiastical) To shift to another circuit.

Buttonnoun

A unit of length equal to 1/12 of an inch.

Switchadjective

(snowboarding) Pertaining to riding with the front and back feet swapped round compared to one's normal position.

Buttonnoun

The means for initiating a nuclear strike or similar cataclysmic occurrence.

Switchadjective

Pertaining to skiing backwards.

Buttonnoun

(lutherie) In an instrument of the violin family, the near semi-circular shape extending from the top of the back plate of the instrument, meeting the heel of the neck.

Switchnoun

control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit

Buttonnoun

(lutherie) lang=en.

Switchnoun

an event in which one thing is substituted for another;

the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood

Buttonnoun

synonym of adjuster.

Switchnoun

hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure

Buttonnoun

The least amount of care or interest; a whit or jot.

Switchnoun

railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock

Buttonnoun

(comedy) The final joke at the end of a comedic act (such as a sketch, set, or scene).

Switchnoun

a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment

Buttonverb

(transitive) To fasten with a button.

Switchnoun

a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other

Buttonverb

(intransitive) To be fastened by a button or buttons.

The coat will not button.

Switchnoun

the act of changing one thing or position for another;

his switch on abortion cost him the election

Buttonnoun

a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes

Switchverb

change over, change around, or switch over

Buttonnoun

an electrical switch operated by pressing a button;

the elevator was operated by push buttonsthe push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk

Switchverb

exchange or give (something) in exchange for

Buttonnoun

any of various plant parts that resemble buttons

Switchverb

lay aside, abandon, or leave for another;

switch to a different brand of beerShe switched psychiatristsThe car changed lanes

Buttonnoun

a female sexual organ homologous to the penis

Switchverb

make a shift in or exchange of;

First Joe led; then we switched

Buttonverb

provide with buttons;

button a shirt

Switchverb

cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation;

switch on the lightthrow the lever

Buttonverb

fasten with buttons;

button the dress

Switchverb

flog with or as if with a flexible rod

Switchverb

reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)