Del vs. Laplacian Operator : Quick Question

[eurekameh]

Just to clarify: The del operator's a vector and the laplacian operator is just a scalar?

 

[jhae2.718]

In Cartesian:
Del:
$$\nabla = \frac{\partial}{\partial x}\hat{\imath} +\frac{\partial}{\partial y}\hat{\jmath}+\frac{\partial}{\partial z}\hat{z}$$
Laplacian:
$$\nabla^2(\cdot) = \nabla \cdot \nabla(\cdot)$$