Electronic vs Cryptophone - What's the difference?
electronic | cryptophone |
(physics, chemistry): Of or pertaining to an electron or electrons.
Operating on the physical behavior of electrons, especially in semiconductors.
Generated by an electronic device.
Of or pertaining to the Internet.
* {{quote-magazine, title=No hiding place
, date=2013-05-25, volume=407, issue=8837, page=74, magazine=(The Economist)
A telephone that provides security against eavesdropping and electronic surveillance.
*{{quote-news, year=2008, date=March 12, author=Peter Wayner, title=Psst! Follow Me and I’ll Show You the Exhibition, work=New York Times
, passage=The bulky refrigerator-size boxes that scrambled the phone discussions of Roosevelt and Churchill are just steps from the hefty cryptophones of the 1970s and more modern versions. }}
As an adjective electronic
is electronic.As a noun cryptophone is
a telephone that provides security against eavesdropping and electronic surveillance.electronic
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Adjective
(-)citation, passage=In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result.}}
Derived terms
(electronic)Statistics
* ----cryptophone
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