different between browser vs viewer

English

Etymology

browse +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?a?z?(?)/
• Hyphenation: brows?er
• Rhymes: -a?z?(?)

Noun

browser (plural browsers)

1. A person or animal who browses.

   Coordinate term: grazer

2. A person who examines goods for sale but purchases nothing.

   Antonym: nonbrowser

3. (computing) A web browser.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• browser on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Browers

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English browser [1993].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bravs?r/, [?b??ws?]

Noun

browser c (singular definite browseren, plural indefinite browsere)

1. browser

Inflection

See also

• browser on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English browser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?br?u?.z?r/
• Hyphenation: brow?ser

Noun

browser m (plural browsers)

1. (Internet) A browser.

   Synonym: internetbrowser

Related terms

• browsen

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English browser.

Noun

browser m (invariable)

1. (computing) browser (software)

Spanish

Noun

browser m (plural browseres)

1. browser

English

Etymology

From Middle English vewer; equivalent to view +? -er.

Noun

viewer (plural viewers)

1. Someone who views a spectacle; an onlooker or spectator.
   • 2010, Antonio Saggio, A Secret van Gogh: His Motif and Motives, ?ISBN, 11:

     This sensation of an object becoming alive is a characteristic that, I believe, seizes all viewers of a van Gogh. The Bible goes beyond being a simple still-life object to become a living thing, an expression of strength, an existence that emanates from itself, beyond the painting surface to participate in our very lives.

2. Someone who watches television.
3. Any optical device used to view photographic slides.
4. (computing) A program that displays the contents of a file.
5. (mining, historical) The manager of a colliery, who directs its workings and ventilation.

Derived terms

• underviewer

Translations

Anagrams

• re-view, review

Middle English

Noun

viewer

1. Alternative form of vewer