There's a new kid in your class. You’re not sure if you can trust him, so you wouldn’t necessarily believe him if he tells you that his name is Billy. So you send him to the teacher and ask her to confirm that it’s him. Because she has Billy’s school record, she recignizes him and tells you so. You know you can trust the teacher, so you accept that the new boy is called Billy.
Here, Billy is the end-user/browser, you are the application making use of OAuth as a way to let users log in, and the teacher is the OAuth provider.
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There's a new kid in your class. You’re not sure if you can trust him, so you wouldn’t necessarily believe him if he tells you that his name is Billy. So you send him to the teacher and ask her to confirm that it’s him. Because she has Billy’s school record, she recignizes him and tells you so. You know you can trust the teacher, so you accept that the new boy is called Billy.
Here, Billy is the end-user/browser, you are the application making use of OAuth as a way to let users log in, and the teacher is the OAuth provider.