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Fax vs Facsimile - What's the difference?

fax | facsimile |

Facsimile is a synonym of fax.



As nouns the difference between fax and facsimile

is that fax is the hair of the head while facsimile is a copy or reproduction.

As verbs the difference between fax and facsimile

is that fax is to send a document via a fax machine while facsimile is to send via a facsimile machine; to fax.

fax

English

(wikipedia fax)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The hair of the head.
    • Derived terms
    * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From (facsimile), first attested 1979.

    Noun

    (faxes)
  • A fax machine or a document received and printed by one.

    • Verb

    (es)
  • To send a document via a fax machine.

    • facsimile

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A copy or reproduction.
  • * 1990 , James M. Thompson, Twentieth Century Theories of Art (page 540)
    • 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?
  • 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.

    • Synonyms

    * (copy) autotype, copy, reproduction * (machine) facsimile machine, fax, fax machine * (copy made by a facsimile) facsimile reproduction, fax

    Verb

    (facsimil)
  • To send via a facsimile machine; to fax.

    • Synonyms

    * fax, telefax