What is the difference between earbuds and headphones?

Answer by  Roland27 (16334)

Ear buds go directly into the ear while headphones are on a band and go outside of the ear. Either or will work because they now make ear buds that stay in your ears better.

Answer by  guitar (39)

Earbuds go inside the ear, headphones stay on the outside. Earbuds are more suited to use when exercising as they are inserted into the ear, they won't move about, whereas headphones will jolt about.

Answer by  Josephdecker0 (48)

Earbuds are a great technological advancement for active people. Especially while exercising, earbuds tend to allow more inflow of outside noise, which is great for crowded environments like the gym or pedaling your bike to work. Not only are you able to hear your surroundings, but the lightweight design helps for storage and carrying purposes.

Answer by  Bobbie40N (79)

Earbuds fit inside the ear while headphones are worn over the ears. Earbuds are better to wear while exercising because they are very light weight.

Answer by  clair58 (177)

Headphones are a pair of small loudspeakers, or less commonly a single speaker, with a way of holding them close to a user's ears and a means of connecting them to a signal source such as an audio amplifier, radio or CD player. They are also known as earphones,headsets or, colloquially cans. Earbuds are good to listen to computer music