Noob: different bt. target and object that register the listener?

Sorry for the noob question…

I’m going through the AS 3.0 Moock book right now and everything was pretty clear until now… But I got to the event handler chapter and after reading that section over and over, I can’t figure out clearly the distinction between “the object that registers the listener” and the “target”… I thought they were the same but they’re clearly not according to the book, so I guess I don’t really understand one of these concepts (or both…)

Some sort of dumbed down practical illustration of these concepts would be great… If you don’t have the time, I’ll definitely understand - Thanks for reading that far :wink: