What are the differences between a compiler and a linker?

In Simple words -> Linker comes into act whenever a '.obj' file needs to be linked with its library functions as compiler doesn't understand what is (scanf or printf..etc) , compiler just converts '.c' file to '.obj' file if there's no error without understanding library functions we used. So To make 'obj' file to 'exe'(executable file) we need linker because it makes compiler understand of library functions.