Difference between Thermocouple and Thermometer

What is the difference between Thermocouple and Thermometer?

Thermocouple as a noun is a transducer consisting of two different metals welded together at each end; a voltage is produced that is proportional to the difference in temperature between the two junctions (one of which is normally held at a known temperature) while Thermometer as a noun is an apparatus used to measure temperature.

Thermocouple

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A transducer consisting of two different metals welded together at each end; a voltage is produced that is proportional to the difference in temperature between the two junctions (one of which is normally held at a known temperature)

Thermometer

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An apparatus used to measure temperature.

Example sentence: I have invented the Thermometer style.

We hope you now know whether to use Thermocouple or Thermometer in your sentence.

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