Switch vs. Toggle

Switchnoun

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

Switchnoun

A change.

Switchnoun

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

Switchnoun

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

Switchnoun

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

Switchnoun

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

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.

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.

Switchnoun

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

Switchverb

(transitive) To exchange.

Switchverb

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

Switchverb

(transitive) To whip or hit with a switch.

Switchverb

(intransitive) To change places, tasks, etc.

Switchverb

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

Switchverb

To swing or whisk.

Switchverb

To be swung or whisked.

Switchverb

To trim.

Switchverb

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

Switchverb

(ecclesiastical) To shift to another circuit.

Switchadjective

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

Switchadjective

Pertaining to skiing backwards.

Switchnoun

A small, flexible twig or rod.

Switchnoun

A movable part of a rail; or of opposite rails, for transferring cars from one track to another.

Switchnoun

A separate mass or trees of hair, or of some substance (at jute) made to resemble hair, worn on the head by women.

Switchnoun

A device for shifting an electric current to another circuit, or for making and breaking a circuit.

Switchverb

To strike with a switch or small flexible rod; to whip.

Switchverb

To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane.

Switchverb

To trim, as, a hedge.

Switchverb

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

Switchverb

To shift to another circuit.

Switchverb

To walk with a jerk.

Switchnoun

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

Switchnoun

an event in which one thing is substituted for another;

Switchnoun

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

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

Switchnoun

a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment

Switchnoun

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

Switchnoun

the act of changing one thing or position for another;

Switchverb

change over, change around, or switch over

Switchverb

exchange or give (something) in exchange for

Switchverb

lay aside, abandon, or leave for another;

Switchverb

make a shift in or exchange of;

Switchverb

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

Switchverb

flog with or as if with a flexible rod

Switchverb

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

Switchnoun

a device for making and breaking the connection in an electric circuit

Switchnoun

a program variable which activates or deactivates a certain function of a program.

Switchnoun

a device which forwards data packets to an appropriate part of the network.

Switchnoun

an act of changing to or adopting one thing in place of another

Switchnoun

a slender, flexible shoot cut from a tree.

Switchnoun

a set of points on a railway track.

Switchnoun

a tress of false or detached hair tied at one end, used in hairdressing to supplement natural hair.

Switchverb

change the position, direction, or focus of

Switchverb

adopt (something different) in place of something else; change

Switchverb

substitute (two items) for each other; exchange

Switchverb

beat or flick with or as if with a switch.

Switch

In electrical engineering, a switch is an electrical component that can disconnect or connect the conducting path in an electrical circuit, interrupting the electric current or diverting it from one conductor to another. The most common type of switch is an electromechanical device consisting of one or more sets of movable electrical contacts connected to external circuits.

Togglenoun

(nautical) A wooden or metal pin, short rod, crosspiece or similar, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope or chain to be secured to any other loop, ring, or bight, e.g. a sea painter to a lifeboat.

Togglenoun

A rod-shaped button bound with slack to the fabric.

Togglenoun

A toggle switch.

Togglenoun

An appliance for transmitting force at right angles to its direction.

Togglenoun

A horizontal piece of wood that is placed on a door, flat, or other wooden structure, but is not on one of the edges of the structure.

Togglenoun

(skydiving) A loop of webbing or a dowel affixed to the end of the steering/brake lines of a parachute providing the pilot with a means of control.

Toggleverb

To alternate between two positions using a single switch or lever.

Toggleverb

To switch between alternate states.

Toggleverb

To fix like a toggle iron; to fix fast.

Togglenoun

A wooden pin tapering toward both ends with a groove around its middle, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope to be secured to any other loop or bight or ring; a kind of button or frog capable of being readily engaged and disengaged for temporary purposes.

Togglenoun

Two rods or plates connected by a toggle joint.

Togglenoun

A toggle switch.

Toggleverb

To change the value of (a program variable) by activating a toggle switch; as, to toggle the view from character to graphic mode; to toggle the keyboard input from insert to overtype mode.

Togglenoun

any instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time

Togglenoun

a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions

Togglenoun

a fastener consisting of a peg or pin or crosspiece that is inserted into an eye at the end of a rope or a chain or a cable in order to fasten it to something (as another rope or chain or cable)

Toggleverb

provide with a toggle or toggles

Toggleverb

fasten with, or as if with, a toggle

Toggleverb

release by a toggle switch;

Togglenoun

a short rod of wood or plastic sewn to one side of a coat or other garment, pushed through a hole or loop on the other side and twisted so as to act as a fastener.

Togglenoun

a pin or other crosspiece put through the eye of a rope or a link of a chain to keep it in place.

Togglenoun

a kind of wall fastener for use on open-backed plasterboard, having a part that springs open or turns through 90° after it is inserted so as to prevent withdrawal.

Togglenoun

a movable pivoted crosspiece acting as a barb on a harpoon.

Togglenoun

a key or command that is operated the same way but with opposite effect on successive occasions.

Toggleverb

switch from one effect, feature, or state to another by using a toggle

Toggleverb

provide or fasten with a toggle or toggles