Sensor vs. Detector

Sensornoun

A device or organ that detects certain external stimuli and responds in a distinctive manner.

Sensoradjective

Sensory; as, the sensor nerves.

Sensornoun

any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner

Sensor

In the broadest definition, a sensor is a device, module, machine, or subsystem whose purpose is to detect events or changes in its environment and send the information to other electronics, frequently a computer processor. A sensor is always used with other electronics.

Detectornoun

A device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon, and that optionally sounds an alarm or triggers a warning.

Detectornoun

An indicator showing the depth of the water in a boiler.

Detectornoun

A galvanometer, usually portable, for indicating the direction of a current.

Detectornoun

One who, or that which, detects; a detecter.

Detectornoun

An indicator showing the depth of the water in a boiler.

Detectornoun

any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner

Detectornoun

rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave

Detectornoun

electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity