They have the same function and every other type of light refers to them as a ballast, even the newer electronic power supplies for Neon and Argon are called Ballasts with no Iron core transformers needed.
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The way that it was explained to me it that “driver” is shorthand for “constant voltage driver” and ballasts provide an initial startup voltage that is different from the constant one they go on to provide.
