Application vs. Driver — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Application and Driver
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Application
The act of applying.
Driver
One that drives, as the operator of a motor vehicle.
Application
Something applied, such as a cosmetic or curative agent.
Driver
A tool, such as a screwdriver or hammer, that is used for imparting forceful pressure on another object.
Application
The act of putting something to a special use or purpose
An application of a new method.
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Driver
A machine part that transmits motion or power to another part.
Application
A specific use to which something is put
The application of science to industry.
Driver
A piece of software that enables a computer to communicate with a specific hardware device. Also called device driver.
Application
The capacity of being usable; relevance
Geometry has practical application in aviation and navigation.
Driver
A golf club with a wide head and a long shaft, used for making long shots from the tee.
Application
Close attention; diligence
Shows application to her work.
Driver
(Nautical) A jib-headed spanker.
Application
A request, as for assistance, employment, or admission to a school.
Driver
One who drives something, in any sense of the verb drive.
Application
The form or document on which such a request is made.
Driver
Something that drives something, in any sense of the verb drive.
Application
(Computers) A computer program designed for a specific task or use.
Driver
A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car or a bus.
The requirement that every moving vehicle or combination of vehicles shall have a driver is deemed to be satisfied while the vehicle is using an automated driving system which complies with domestic technical regulations, and any applicable international legal instrument, ... and domestic legislation governing operation.
Application
Of or being a computer program designed for a specific task or use
Applications software for a missile guidance system.
Driver
A person who drives some other vehicle.
Application
The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense
The application of this cream should reduce the swelling.
Driver
A pilot (person who flies aircraft).
Application
The substance applied.
Driver
(computing) A device driver; a program that acts as an interface between an application and hardware, written specifically for the device it controls.
Application
The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
Driver
(golf) A golf club used to drive the ball a great distance.
Application
The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.
I make the remark, and leave you to make the application.
The application of a theory to a set of data can be challenging.
Driver
(nautical) a kind of sail, smaller than a fore and aft spanker on a square-rigged ship, a driver is tied to the same spars.
Application
(computing) A computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as a tool for a well-defined purpose. (Also called: application program; application software.)
This iPhone application can connect to most social networks.
Driver
A mallet.
Application
A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.
December 31 is the deadline for MBA applications.
Driver
A tamping iron.
Application
A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.
Their application for a deferral of the hearing was granted.
Driver
A cooper's hammer for driving on barrel hoops.
Application
The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.
Driver
A screwdriver.
Application
Diligence; close thought or attention.
Driver
One who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that urges or compels anything else to move onward.
Application
A kind of needlework; appliqué.
Driver
The person who drives beasts or a carriage; a coachman; a charioteer, etc.; hence, also, one who controls the movements of a any vehicle.
Application
(obsolete) Compliance.
Driver
An overseer of a gang of slaves or gang of convicts at their work.
Application
The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.
Driver
A part that transmits motion to another part by contact with it, or through an intermediate relatively movable part, as a gear which drives another, or a lever which moves another through a link, etc. Specifically:
Application
The thing applied.
He invented a new application by which blood might be stanched.
Driver
The driving wheel of a locomotive.
Application
The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
If a right course . . . be taken with children, there will not be much need of the application of the common rewards and punishments.
Driver
The after sail in a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff; a spanker.
Application
The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence; as, I make the remark, and leave you to make the application; the application of a theory.
Driver
An implement used for driving;
Application
That part of a sermon or discourse in which the principles before laid down and illustrated are applied to practical uses; the "moral" of a fable.
Driver
The operator of a motor vehicle
Application
The capacity of being practically applied or used; relevancy; as, a rule of general application.
Driver
Someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle
Application
The act of fixing the mind or closely applying one's self; assiduous effort; close attention; as, to injure the health by application to study.
Had his application been equal to his talents, his progress might have been greater.
Driver
A golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver
Application
The act of making request of soliciting; as, an application for an office; he made application to a court of chancery.
Driver
(computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device
Application
A request; a document containing a request; as, his application was placed on file.
Driver
A golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee
Application
A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school;
December 31 is the deadline for applications
Application
The act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose;
He advocated the application of statistics to the problem
A novel application of electronics to medical diagnosis
Application
A program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task;
He has tried several different word processing applications
Application
The work of applying something;
The doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine
A complete bleach requires several applications
The surface was ready for a coating of paint
Application
Liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin;
A lotion for dry skin
Application
A diligent effort;
It is a job requiring serious application
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