Telephone vs. Letter — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Telephone and Letter
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Telephone
A telephone is a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be heard directly. A telephone converts sound, typically and most efficiently the human voice, into electronic signals that are transmitted via cables and other communication channels to another telephone which reproduces the sound to the receiving user.
Letter
A character representing one or more of the sounds used in speech; any of the symbols of an alphabet
A capital letter
Telephone
An instrument for simultaneously transmitting and receiving speech or other sounds over a distance by converting the sounds into signals that are sent to a similar instrument and converting them back into sounds.
Letter
A written, typed, or printed communication, sent in an envelope by post or messenger
He sent a letter to Mrs Falconer
Telephone
To make or try to make a telephone connection with; place a call to
Telephoned the police station.
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Letter
The precise terms of a statement or requirement; the strict verbal interpretation
We must keep the spirit of the law as well as the letter
The officer in the incident got in trouble for following the letter of the law
Telephone
To dial (a telephone number).
Letter
Literature
The world of letters
Telephone
To transmit (a message, for example) by telephone
I telephoned that I was sick and could not come to work.
Letter
A style of typeface.
Telephone
To engage in communication by telephone
She telephoned to invite us to the party.
Letter
Inscribe letters or writing on
Her name was lettered in gold
Telephone
A telecommunication device (originally mechanical, and now electronic) used for two-way talking with another person (now often shortened to phone).
Letter
Be given a school or college initial as a mark of proficiency in sport
In high school she lettered in soccer, basketball and softball
Telephone
The game of Chinese whispers.
Letter
A written symbol or character representing a speech sound and being a component of an alphabet.
Telephone
Chinese whispers; a situation in which an initial message has been distorted and misunderstood by being passed from person to person.
Letter
A written symbol or character used in the graphemic representation of a word, such as the h in Thames. See Note at Thames.
Telephone
(ambitransitive) To (attempt to) contact someone using a telephone.
Letter
A written or printed communication directed to a person or organization.
Telephone
(transitive) To convey (a message) via telephone.
Letter
Often letters A certified document granting rights to its bearer.
Telephone
An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance.
Letter
Literal meaning
Had to adhere to the letter of the law.
Telephone
To convey or announce by telephone.
Letter
Literary culture; belles-lettres.
Telephone
Electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds;
I talked to him on the telephone
Letter
Learning or knowledge, especially of literature.
Telephone
Transmitting speech at a distance
Letter
Literature or writing as a profession.
Telephone
Get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone;
I tried to call you all night
Take two aspirin and call me in the morning
Letter
A piece of type that prints a single character.
Letter
A specific style of type.
Letter
The characters in one style of type.
Letter
An emblem in the shape of the initial of a school awarded for outstanding performance, especially in varsity athletics.
Letter
To write letters on
Lettered the paper.
Letter
To write in letters
Lettered our name on the mailbox.
Letter
To write or form letters.
Letter
To earn a school letter, as for outstanding athletic achievement
She lettered in three collegiate sports.
Letter
A symbol in an alphabet.
There are twenty-six letters in the English alphabet.
Letter
A written or printed communication, generally longer and more formal than a note.
I wrote a letter to my sister about my life.
Letter
The literal meaning of something, as distinguished from its intended and remoter meaning (the spirit).
Letter
Literature.
Benjamin Franklin was multiskilled – a scientist, politician and a man of letters.
Letter
(law) A division unit of a piece of law marked by a letter of the alphabet.
Letter (b) constitutes an exception to this provision.
Letter
A size of paper, 8½ in × 11 in (215.9 mm × 279.4 mm, US paper sizes rounded to the nearest 5 mm).
Letter
A size of paper, 215 mm × 280 mm.
Letter
Clipping of varsity letter
Letter
A single type; type, collectively; a style of type.
Letter
One who lets, or lets out.
The letter of a room
A blood-letter
Letter
(archaic) One who retards or hinders.
Letter
(transitive) To print, inscribe, or paint letters on something.
Letter
To earn a varsity letter (award).
Letter
One who lets or permits; one who lets anything for hire.
Letter
One who retards or hinders.
Letter
A mark or character used as the representative of a sound, or of an articulation of the human organs of speech; a first element of written language.
And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew.
Letter
A written or printed communication; a message expressed in intelligible characters on something adapted to conveyance, as paper, parchment, etc.; an epistle.
The style of letters ought to be free, easy, and natural.
Letter
A writing; an inscription.
None could expound what this letter meant.
Letter
Verbal expression; literal statement or meaning; exact signification or requirement.
We must observe the letter of the law, without doing violence to the reason of the law and the intention of the lawgiver.
I broke the letter of it to keep the sense.
Letter
A single type; type, collectively; a style of type.
Under these buildings . . . was the king's printing house, and that famous letter so much esteemed.
Letter
Learning; erudition; as, a man of letters.
Letter
A letter; an epistle.
Letter
A telegram longer than an ordinary message sent at rates lower than the standard message rate in consideration of its being sent and delivered subject to priority in service of regular messages. Such telegrams are called by the Western Union Company day letters, or night letters according to the time of sending, and by The Postal Telegraph Company day lettergrams, or night lettergrams.
A strange lock that opens with AMEN.
Letter
To impress with letters; to mark with letters or words; as, a book gilt and lettered.
Letter
A written message addressed to a person or organization;
Mailed an indignant letter to the editor
Letter
The conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech;
His grandmother taught him his letters
Letter
A strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention);
He followed instructions to the letter
He obeyed the letter of the law
Letter
An award earned by participation in a school sport;
He won letters in three sports
Letter
Owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire
Letter
Win an athletic letter
Letter
Set down or print with letters
Letter
Mark letters on or mark with letters
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