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Texting vs Chatting - What's the difference?

texting | chatting |

As verbs the difference between texting and chatting

is that texting is present participle of lang=en while chatting is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between texting and chatting

is that texting is the use of a mobile phone to send text messages via SMS while chatting is talk; chatter.

texting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (-)
  • the use of a mobile phone to send text messages via SMS

    • Derived terms

    * sexting

    chatting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • talk; chatter
  • * (Isaac Barrow)
    • If indeed we consider all the frivolous and petulant discourse, the impertinent chattings , the rash censures, the spiteful detractions which are so rife in the world