Text vs. Writing — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Text and Writing
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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
Writing
Writing is a medium of human communication that involves the representation of a language with written symbols. Writing systems are not themselves human languages (with the debatable exception of computer languages); they are means of rendering a language into a form that can be reconstructed by other humans separated by time and/or space.
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
Writing
The activity or skill of writing
Parents want schools to concentrate on reading, writing, and arithmetic
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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Writing
The activity or occupation of composing text for publication
She made a decent living from writing
Text
A text message
Just give us a call or send us a text
Writing
The act or process of producing and recording words in a form that can be read and understood
At first, most students find writing difficult.
Text
Fine, large handwriting, used especially for manuscripts.
Writing
The occupation or style of someone who writes, especially for publication.
Text
Send (someone) a text message
If she was going to go she would have texted us
Writing
Written form
Put it in writing.
Text
The original words of something written or printed, as opposed to a paraphrase, translation, revision, or condensation.
Writing
Handwriting; penmanship
Writing that has many flourishes.
Text
The words of a speech appearing in print.
Writing
Meaningful letters or characters that constitute readable matter
Erased the writing on the blackboard.
Text
Words, as of a libretto, that are set to music in a composition.
Writing
A written work, especially a literary composition
Collected all the author's writings.
Text
Words treated as data by a computer.
Writing
Writings (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Bible The third of the three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures, composed of Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles. See Table at Bible.
Text
A text message.
Writing
(uncountable) Graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning.
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.
Writing
(countable) Something written, such as a document, article or book.
Text
One of the editions or forms of a written work
After examining all three manuscripts, he published a new text of the poem.
Writing
(uncountable) The process of representing a language with symbols or letters.
Text
Something, such as a literary work or other cultural product, regarded as an object of critical analysis.
Writing
(countable) A work of an author.
Text
A passage from the Scriptures or another authoritative source chosen for the subject of a discourse or cited for support in argument.
Writing
(countable) The style of writing of a person.
I can't read your writing.
Text
A passage from a written work used as the starting point of a discussion.
Writing
Intended for or used in writing.
A writing table
Text
A subject; a topic.
Writing
Inflection of write
Text
A textbook.
Writing
The act or art of forming letters and characters on paper, wood, stone, or other material, for the purpose of recording the ideas which characters and words express, or of communicating them to others by visible signs.
Text
To send a text message to
She texted me when she arrived at the airport.
Writing
Anything written or printed; anything expressed in characters or letters
And Pilate wrote a title . . . And the writing was, Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.
Text
To communicate by text message
He texted that he would be late.
Writing
Handwriting; chirography.
Text
To key or send text messages
She was texting in class and missed what was said.
Writing
The act of creating written works;
Writing was a form of therapy for him
It was a matter of disputed authorship
Text
A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.
Writing
The work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect);
The writing in her novels is excellent
That editorial was a fine piece of writing
Text
A book, tome or other set of writings.
Writing
(usually plural) the collected work of an author;
The idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings
Text
(colloquial) A brief written message transmitted between mobile phones.
Writing
Letters or symbols written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language;
He turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show
The doctor's writing was illegible
Text
(computing) Data which can be interpreted as human-readable text.
Plain text
Writing
The activity of putting something in written form;
She did the thinking while he did the writing
Text
A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.
Text
(by extension) Anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, etc.
Text
(printing) A style of writing in large characters; also, a kind of type used in printing.
German text
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.
Text
(intransitive) To send and receive text messages.
Have you been texting all afternoon?
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
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