Microphone vs. Mike

Main Difference

The main difference between Microphone and Mike is that the Microphone is a acoustic-to-electric transducer or sensor that converts sound into an electrical signal and Mike is a male given name.

• Microphone

  A microphone, colloquially nicknamed mic or mike (), is a transducer that converts sound into an electrical signal.

  Microphones are used in many applications such as telephones, hearing aids, public address systems for concert halls and public events, motion picture production, live and recorded audio engineering, sound recording, two-way radios, megaphones, radio and television broadcasting, and in computers for recording voice, speech recognition, VoIP, and for non-acoustic purposes such as ultrasonic sensors or knock sensors.

  Several different types of microphone are in use, which employ different methods to convert the air pressure variations of a sound wave to an electrical signal. The most common are the dynamic microphone, which uses a coil of wire suspended in a magnetic field; the condenser microphone, which uses the vibrating diaphragm as a capacitor plate, and the piezoelectric microphone, which uses a crystal of piezoelectric material. Microphones typically need to be connected to a preamplifier before the signal can be recorded or reproduced.

• Mike

  Mike is a masculine given name. It is also encountered as an abbreviation or shorthand for Michael and Mark. Notable people with the name include: