The difference between Controller and Manager

When used as nouns, controller means one who controls something, whereas manager means a person whose job is to manage something, such as a business, a restaurant, or a sports team.

check bellow for the other definitions of Controller and Manager

  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.

  1. Manager as a noun (management):

    A person whose job is to manage something, such as a business, a restaurant, or a sports team.

  2. Manager as a noun (baseball):

    The head coach.

  3. Manager as a noun (music):

    An administrator, for a singer or group.

  4. Manager as a noun (computer software):

    A window or application whose purpose is to give the user the control over some aspect of the system.

    Examples:

    "a file manager; a task manager; Program Manager"

Compare words:

Compare with synonyms and related words: