Telephone vs. Textphone — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Telephone and Textphone
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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.
Textphone
A telephone developed for use by people who are deaf or hard of hearing, having a small screen and a keyboard on which a message may be typed to be received by another textphone.
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.
Textphone
(British) A telephone with a simple keyboard and a small screen, used by the deaf.
Telephone
To make or try to make a telephone connection with; place a call to
Telephoned the police station.
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Telephone
To dial (a telephone number).
Telephone
To transmit (a message, for example) by telephone
I telephoned that I was sick and could not come to work.
Telephone
To engage in communication by telephone
She telephoned to invite us to the party.
Telephone
A telecommunication device (originally mechanical, and now electronic) used for two-way talking with another person (now often shortened to phone).
Telephone
The game of Chinese whispers.
Telephone
Chinese whispers; a situation in which an initial message has been distorted and misunderstood by being passed from person to person.
Telephone
(ambitransitive) To (attempt to) contact someone using a telephone.
Telephone
(transitive) To convey (a message) via telephone.
Telephone
An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance.
Telephone
To convey or announce by telephone.
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
Telephone
Transmitting speech at a distance
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
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