The difference between Control and Widget

When used as nouns, control means influence or authority over something, whereas widget means for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product.}}.


Control is also verb with the meaning: to exercise influence over.

check bellow for the other definitions of Control and Widget

  1. Control as a verb (transitive):

    To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: besteer bewield manage puppeteer rule"

    "With a simple remote, he could control the toy truck."

  2. Control as a verb (transitive, statistics):

    (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.

  1. Control as a noun (countable, uncountable):

    Influence or authority over something.

    Examples:

    "The government has complete control over the situation."

  2. Control as a noun:

    A separate group or subject in an experiment against which the results are compared where the primary variable is low or non-existent.

  3. Control as a noun:

    The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.

  4. Control as a noun:

    Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.

  5. Control as a noun:

    A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.

  6. Control as a noun (project management):

    A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.

  7. Control as a noun:

    A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Johnson"

  8. Control as a noun (graphical user interface):

    An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: widget"

  9. Control as a noun (climatology):

    Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.

  10. Control as a noun (linguistics):

    A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See .

  1. Widget as a noun:

    for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product.}}

    Examples:

    "Suppose we have a widget factory that produces 100 units per year..."

  2. Widget as a noun (computing):

    Portable code that can be easily installed and executed by an end user.

  3. Widget as a noun:

    A floating device inside a beer can, meant to create foam when opened.

  4. Widget as a noun:

    A small scraping tool consisting of a blade and a handle, commonly used to remove paint from glass and other smooth surfaces.

  1. Widget as a noun (computing, graphical user interface):

    Any one of the components of a computer application's graphical user interface, such as a Cancel button or text input box that a user interacts with.

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