ECN Forum Forums General Topics of the Trade General Discussion Area What's in a word?

Here is how Graybar defines the terms, as indicated by the way they fill orders:
Safety Switch: Looks like a motor starter enclosure, with a big, lockable external handle.
Disconnect (non fused): Quite a bit smaller, with a flip-up front panel, that exposes something that looks like a circuit breaker, but without any amp rating on the little handle.