Facsimile vs Xerox - What's the difference?
facsimile | xerox | Synonyms |
A copy or reproduction.
* 1990 , James M. Thompson, Twentieth Century Theories of Art (page 540)
A fax, a machine for making and sending copies of printed material and images via radio or telephone network.
The image sent by the machine itself.
To send via a facsimile machine; to fax.
(slang, North America) A photocopy.
(slang, North America) To make a paper copy or copies by means of a photocopier.
As nouns the difference between facsimile and xerox
is that facsimile is a copy or reproduction while xerox is a photocopy.As verbs the difference between facsimile and xerox
is that facsimile is to send via a facsimile machine; to fax while xerox is to make a paper copy or copies by means of a photocopier.facsimile
English
Noun
(en noun)- To paraphrase the critic of the Times, if one may make the facsimile of a human being out of bronze, why not the facsimile of a Brillo carton out of plywood?
Synonyms
* (copy) autotype, copy, reproduction * (machine) facsimile machine, fax, fax machine * (copy made by a facsimile) facsimile reproduction, faxVerb
(facsimil)Synonyms
* fax, telefaxxerox
English
Alternative forms
* XeroxNoun
(es)- Hand me that xerox , would you?
Synonyms
* photocopyDerived terms
* xerocracy * xeroxable * xerox copy * xeroxer * xeroxloreVerb
(es)- I xeroxed the report for all the people at the meeting.
