Ping vs. Text — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Ping and Text
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Definitions
Ping➦
A sharp, high-pitched sound, as that made by a bullet striking metal.
Text➦
A book or other written or printed work, regarded in terms of its content rather than its physical form
A text which explores pain and grief
Ping➦
A protocol that sends a message to another computer and waits for acknowledgment, often used to check if another computer on a network is reachable.
Text➦
The main body of a book or other piece of writing, as distinct from other material such as notes, appendices, and illustrations
The pictures are clear and relate well to the text
Ping➦
See knock.
Text➦
A written work chosen or set as a subject of study
Too much concentration on set texts can turn pupils against reading
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Ping➦
To make a sharp, high-pitched, metallic sound.
Text➦
A text message
Just give us a call or send us a text
Ping➦
To test the connectivity of (a computer) to a network by using the ping protocol
To ping your computer, at the DOS prompt type "ping" and then your IP address.
Text➦
Fine, large handwriting, used especially for manuscripts.
Ping➦
(Informal) To reach out to (someone), as by text message or email, to establish or maintain communication
Ping me when you get home safely.
Text➦
Send (someone) a text message
If she was going to go she would have texted us
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Ping➦
A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
My car used to make an odd ping, but after the last oil change it went away.
Text➦
The original words of something written or printed, as opposed to a paraphrase, translation, revision, or condensation.
Ping➦
(submarine navigation) A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels.
The submarine sent out a ping and got an echo from a battleship.
Text➦
The words of a speech appearing in print.
Ping➦
(networking) A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.
The network is overloaded from all the pings going out.
Text➦
Words, as of a libretto, that are set to music in a composition.
Ping➦
An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.
I sent a ping to the insurance company to see if they received our claim.
Text➦
Words treated as data by a computer.
Ping➦
(networking) Latency.
Text➦
A text message.
Ping➦
(video games) A means of highlighting a feature on the game map so that allied players can see it.
Text➦
The body of a printed work as distinct from headings and illustrative matter on a page or from front and back matter in a book.
Ping➦
(WMF jargon) A notification.
Text➦
One of the editions or forms of a written work
After examining all three manuscripts, he published a new text of the poem.
Ping➦
To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
My car was pinging until my last oil change.
Text➦
Something, such as a literary work or other cultural product, regarded as an object of critical analysis.
Ping➦
(submarine navigation) To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects.
Text➦
A passage from the Scriptures or another authoritative source chosen for the subject of a discourse or cited for support in argument.
Ping➦
(networking) To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of the ping utility.
I'm pinging their server.
The server pings its affiliates periodically.
Text➦
A passage from a written work used as the starting point of a discussion.
Ping➦
(by extension) To send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response.
I'll ping the insurance company again to see if they've received our claim.
Text➦
A subject; a topic.
Ping➦
(colloquial) To flick.
I pinged the crumb off the table with my finger.
Text➦
A textbook.
Ping➦
To bounce.
The ball pinged off the wall and came hurtling back.
Text➦
To send a text message to
She texted me when she arrived at the airport.
Ping➦
To cause something to bounce.
Text➦
To communicate by text message
He texted that he would be late.
Ping➦
To call out audibly.
Text➦
To key or send text messages
She was texting in class and missed what was said.
Ping➦
To penalize.
Gary Ablett was pinged for holding the ball and gave away a free kick.
Text➦
A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.
Ping➦
The sound made by a bullet in striking a solid object or in passing through the air.
Text➦
A book, tome or other set of writings.
Ping➦
To make the sound called ping.
Text➦
(colloquial) A brief written message transmitted between mobile phones.
Ping➦
A river in western Thailand; a major tributary of the Chao Phraya
Text➦
(computing) Data which can be interpreted as human-readable text.
Plain text
Ping➦
A sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal)
Text➦
A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.
Ping➦
Hit with a pinging noise;
The bugs pinged the lamp shade
Text➦
(by extension) Anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, etc.
Ping➦
Sound like a car engine that is firing too early;
The car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline
The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded
Text➦
(printing) A style of writing in large characters; also, a kind of type used in printing.
German text
Ping➦
Make a short high-pitched sound;
The bullet pinged when they struck the car
Text➦
(transitive) To send a text message to; i.e. to transmit text using the Short Message Service (SMS), or a similar service, between communications devices, particularly mobile phones.
Just text me when you get here.
I'll text the address to you as soon as I find it.
Ping➦
Contact, usually in order to remind of something;
I'll ping my accountant--April 15 is nearing
Text➦
(intransitive) To send and receive text messages.
Have you been texting all afternoon?
Ping➦
Send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active;
Ping your machine in the office
Text➦
(dated) To write in large characters, as in text hand.
Text➦
A discourse or composition on which a note or commentary is written; the original words of an author, in distinction from a paraphrase, annotation, or commentary.
Text➦
The four Gospels, by way of distinction or eminence.
Text➦
A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.
How oft, when Paul has served us with a text,Has Epictetus, Plato, Tully, preached!
Text➦
Hence, anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, or the like; topic; theme.
Text➦
A style of writing in large characters; text-hand also, a kind of type used in printing; as, German text.
Text➦
That part of a document (printed or electronic) comprising the words, especially the main body of expository words, in contrast to the illustrations, pictures, charts, tables, or other formatted material which contain graphic elements as a major component.
Text➦
Any communication composed of words.
Text➦
A textbook.
Text➦
To write in large characters, as in text hand.
Text➦
The words of something written;
There were more than a thousand words of text
They handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech
He wants to reconstruct the original text
Text➦
A passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon;
The preacher chose a text from Psalms to introduce his sermon
Text➦
A book prepared for use in schools or colleges;
His economics textbook is in its tenth edition
The professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy
Text➦
The main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.);
Pictures made the text easier to understand