The difference between Chief and Controller

When used as nouns, chief means a leader or head of a group of people, organisation, etc, whereas controller means one who controls something.


Chief is also verb with the meaning: to smoke cannabis.

Chief is also adjective with the meaning: primary.

check bellow for the other definitions of Chief and Controller

  1. Chief as a noun:

    A leader or head of a group of people, organisation, etc.

    Examples:

    "All firefighters report to the fire chief."

  2. Chief as a noun (heraldiccharge):

    The top part of a shield or escutcheon; more specifically, an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the top third.

  3. Chief as a noun:

    The principal part or top of anything.

  4. Chief as a noun:

    Examples:

    "Hey, chief."

  1. Chief as an adjective:

    Primary; principal.

    Examples:

    "Negligence was the chief cause of the disaster."

  1. Chief as a verb (US, slang):

    To smoke cannabis.

  1. Controller as a noun:

    One who controls something.

  2. Controller as a noun (electronics):

    Any electric or mechanical device for controlling a circuit or system.

  3. Controller as a noun (business):

    A person who audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.

  4. Controller as a noun (computing):

    A mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine, especially a peripheral device in a computer.

  5. Controller as a noun (nautical):

    An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged.

  6. Controller as a noun (espionage):

    The person who supervises and handles communication with an agent in the field.

  7. Controller as a noun (linguistics):

    The subject of a control verb. See

  8. Controller as a noun (software architecture):

    In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that treat input and output, forming an interface between models and views.