Clicker vs. Remote

Clickernoun

(slang) The remote-control device used to change settings on a television set, VCR, or other electronic equipment.

‘We have a clicker for the TV, one for the VCR, one for the DVD player and another one that does it all.’;

Remoteadjective

At a distance; disconnected.

‘A remote operator may control the vehicle with a wireless handset.’;

Clickernoun

An electronic device used by individual students in the classroom to respond to multiple-choice questions, etc.

Remoteadjective

Distant or otherwise inaccessible.

‘After his fall from the emperor's favor, the general was posted to a remote outpost.’;

Clickernoun

A person who cuts out the uppers of shoes from pieces of leather using a flexible knife that clicks as it changes direction.

Remoteadjective

(especially with respect to likelihood) Slight.

‘There was only a remote possibility that we would be rescued as we were far outside of the regular shipping lanes.’;

Clickernoun

A machine that cuts materials using a steel rule die. The name comes from the sound (click) when the material is cut. May be hand, pneumatic, or hydraulic powered.

Remoteadjective

Emotionally detached.

‘After her mother's death, my friend grew remote for a time while she dealt with her grief.’;

Clickernoun

A signalling device used by military forces. Pressed between thumb and fingers, it makes a small but distinctive click understood by other members of a unit.

Remotenoun

(broadcasting) An element of broadcast programming originating away from the station's or show's control room.

Clickernoun

A small mechanical device that produces a clicking sound, used in dog training.

Remoteverb

(computing) To connect to a computer from a remote location.

Clickernoun

Someone who clicks, for example using a computer mouse.

Remoteadjective

Removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; - said in respect to time or to place; as, remote ages; remote lands.

‘Places remote enough are in Bohemia.’; ‘Remote from men, with God he passed his days.’;

Clickernoun

One who stands before a shop door to invite people to buy.

Remoteadjective

Hence, removed; not agreeing, according, or being related; - in various figurative uses.

Clickernoun

One who has charge of the work of a companionship.

Remoteadjective

Separated by intervals greater than usual.

Clickernoun

An employee who locks the type in the form to make it ready for printing.

Remotenoun

a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance;

‘he lost the remote for his TV’;

Clickernoun

One who stands before a shop door to invite people to buy.

Remoteadjective

far distant in space;

‘distant lands’; ‘remote stars’; ‘a remote outpost of civilization’; ‘a hideaway far removed from towns and cities’;

Clickernoun

One who as has charge of the work of a companionship.

Remoteadjective

very unlikely;

‘an outside chance’; ‘a remote possibility’; ‘a remote contingency’;

Clicker

A clicker, sometimes called a cricket, is any device that makes a clicking sound, usually when deliberately activated by its user. They usually consist of a piece of thin metal or plastic held in a casing so that the metal is slightly torqued; depressing one end of the metal causes it to pop out of alignment and releasing it causes it to pop back into alignment, each time making a sharp click.

Remoteadjective

far distant in time;

‘distant events’; ‘the remote past or future’; ‘a civilization ten centuries removed from modern times’;

Remoteadjective

inaccessible and sparsely populated

Remoteadjective

far apart in nature;

‘considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics’;