The difference between Controller and View

When used as nouns, controller means one who controls something, whereas view means the act of seeing or looking at something.

View is also verb with the meaning: to look at.

check bellow for the other definitions of Controller and View

  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. View as a noun (physical):

    Visual perception. The act of seeing or looking at something. A pageview. The range of vision. Something to look at, such as scenery. Appearance; show; aspect.

    Examples:

    "He changed seat to get a complete view of the stage."

    "If there are any rabbits in this park, they keep carefully out of our view."

    "My flat has a view of a junkyard."

    "the view from a window"

  2. View as a noun:

    A picture, drawn or painted; a sketch.

    Examples:

    "a fine view of Lake George"

  3. View as a noun (psychological):

    Opinion, judgement, imagination. A mental image. A way of understanding something, an opinion, a theory. A point of view. An intention or prospect.

    Examples:

    "I need more information to get a better view of the situation."

    "Your view on evolution is based on religion, not on scientific findings."

    "From my view that is a stupid proposition."

    "He smuggled a knife into prison with a view to using it as a weapon."

  4. View as a noun (computing, databases):

    A virtual or logical table composed of the result set of a query in relational databases.

  5. View as a noun (computing, programming):

    The part of a computer program which is visible to the user and can be interacted with

  6. View as a noun:

    A wake.

  1. View as a verb (transitive):

    To look at.

    Examples:

    "The video was viewed by millions of people."

  2. View as a verb (transitive):

    To regard in a stated way.

    Examples:

    "I view it as a serious breach of trust."

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