Cursive vs. Shorthand — What's the Difference?

Cursive (also known as script, among other names) is any style of penmanship in which some characters are written joined together in a flowing manner, generally for the purpose of making writing faster, in contrast to block letters. Cursive handwriting is very functional, and is intended to be used in everyday writing.

Shorthand is an abbreviated symbolic writing method that increases speed and brevity of writing as compared to longhand, a more common method of writing a language. The process of writing in shorthand is called stenography, from the Greek stenos (narrow) and graphein (to write).

Having the successive letters joined together

A system of rapid handwriting employing symbols to represent words, phrases, and letters.

A cursive character or letter.

A system, form, or instance of abbreviated or formulaic reference

A manuscript written in cursive characters.

A rough and rapid method of writing by substituting symbols for letters, words, etc.

(Printing) A type style that imitates handwriting.

(by extension) Any brief or shortened way of saying or doing something.

Running; flowing.

(transitive) To render (spoken or written words) into shorthand.

(of writing) Having successive letters joined together.

To use a brief or shortened way of saying or doing something.

(grammar) Of or relating to a grammatical aspect relating to an action that occurs in a straight line (in space or time).

(intransitive) To write in shorthand.

(countable) A cursive character, letter or font.

A compendious and rapid method or writing by substituting characters, abbreviations, or symbols, for letters, words, etc.; short writing; stenography. See Illust. under Phonography.

(countable) A manuscript written in cursive characters.

A method of writing rapidly

(uncountable) Joined-up handwriting.

Written in abbreviated or symbolic form;

Running; flowing.

A character used in cursive writing.

A manuscript, especially of the New Testament, written in small, connected characters or in a running hand; - opposed to uncial.

Rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper

Having successive letter joined together;