Directory vs. Folder — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Directory and Folder
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Directory
A book containing an alphabetical or classified listing of names, addresses, and other data, such as telephone numbers, of specific persons, groups, or firms.
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Folder
One that folds or is folded, such as a booklet or pamphlet made of one or more folded sheets of paper.
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Directory
(Computers) An organizational unit for files that reside on a hard disk or other storage device. Also called folder.
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Folder
A flexible cover folded in the center and used as a holder for loose paper
A file folder.
A hanging folder.
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Directory
A book of rules or directions.
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Folder
(Computers) See directory.
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Directory
A group or body of directors.
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Folder
An organizer that papers are kept in, usually with an index tab, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet.
I keep all my schoolwork in a yellow folder.
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Directory
Serving to direct.
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Folder
(computing) A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other folders may be stored. The files and subfolders in a folder are usually related.
My essays are in the folder named "Essays".
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Directory
A list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification.
Look up an address in the directory
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Folder
A machine or person that folds things.
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Directory
(computing) A structured listing of the names and characteristics of the files on a storage device.
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Folder
A folding knife, typically a pocketknife.
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Directory
(computing) A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other directories may be stored. The files and subdirectories in a directory are usually related.
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Folder
One who, or that which, folds; esp., a flat, knifelike instrument used for folding paper.
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Directory
Containing directions; instructing; directorial.
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Folder
A small book usually having a paper cover
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Directory
Containing directions; enjoining; instructing; directorial.
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Folder
Covering that is folded over to protect the contents
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Directory
A collection or body of directions, rules, or ordinances; esp., a book of directions for the conduct of worship; as, the Directory used by the nonconformists instead of the Prayer Book.
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Directory
A book containing the names and residences of the inhabitants of any place, or of classes of them; an address book; as, a business directory.
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Directory
A body of directors; board of management; especially, a committee which held executive power in France under the first republic.
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Directory
Direction; guide.
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Directory
An alphabetical list of names and addresses
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Directory
(computer science) a listing of the files stored in memory (usually on a hard disk)
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