Detecter vs. Detector — What's the Difference?

To discover or ascertain the existence, presence, or fact of.

One that detects, especially a mechanical, electrical, or chemical device that automatically identifies and records or registers a stimulus, such as an environmental change in pressure or temperature, an electric signal, or radiation from a radioactive material.

To discern (something hidden or subtle)

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

To learn something hidden and often improper about

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

(Electronics) To demodulate.

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

Alternative form of detector

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

One who, or that which, detects or brings to light; one who finds out what another attempts to conceal; a detector.

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

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

Rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave

Electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity