Converter vs. Inverter — What's the Difference?

A furnace in which pig iron is converted into steel by the Bessemer process.

An apparatus which converts direct current into alternating current.

A machine that converts electric current from one kind to another.

A device that converts either of the two binary digits or signals into the other.

An electronic device that converts one frequency of a radio signal to another.

One that inverts or produces inversion.

A device that converts data from one code to another.

A device used to convert direct current into alternating current.

One that is employed in converting raw products into finished products.

An electronic device whose output reverses the sign of its input current or voltage, thereby shifting the phase of alternating current signals by 180 degrees. Also called phase inverter.

A person or thing that converts.

Something that inverts, or causes inversion.

(electrical engineering) A device that changes voltage or frequency, for example one that converts alternating current to direct current.

(electrical engineering) A power inverter.

(metallurgy) A retort or furnace, used e.g. in the Bessemer process, in which molten cast iron is decarburized and converted into steel by a blast of air forced through the liquid metal.

An electrical converter that converts direct current into alternating current

A reaction chamber in which exhaust gases are catalytically converted to carbon dioxide

(computing) A program that converts one file format to another one, or which converts between different units of measurement, such as miles to meters.

(medicine) A patient with a certain condition that subsequently develops into another condition.

A device that converts an analogue to a digital signal, or vice versa.

One who converts; one who makes converts.

A retort, used in the Bessemer process, in which molten cast iron is decarburized and converted into steel by a blast of air forced through the liquid metal.

A device for changing one substance or form or state into another