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Megaphone vs Loudspeaker - What's the difference?

megaphone | loudspeaker |

As nouns the difference between megaphone and loudspeaker

is that megaphone is a portable, usually hand-held, funnel-shaped device that is used to amplify a person’s natural voice toward a targeted direction while loudspeaker is an electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound.

As a verb megaphone

is to use a megaphone.

megaphone

English

Etymology 1

From .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A portable, usually hand-held, funnel-shaped device that is used to amplify a person’s natural voice toward a targeted direction.
    • Synonyms
    * speaking trumpet
    Hypernyms
    * loudhailer, blowhorn
    Hyponyms
    * bullhorn, the modern electronic amplification version
    Derived terms
    * megaphonic * megaphonist

    Verb

    (megaphon)
  • (intransitive) To use a megaphone.

    • Etymology 2

    Named for the root Aniba megaphylla + .

    Noun

    (-)
  • (organic compound) a cytotoxic neolignan obtained from the laurel Aniba megaphylla .

    • loudspeaker

    English

    (wikipedia loudspeaker)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound.
  • An encasing containing one or more loudspeaker devices and usually other electrical equipment such as a driver.

    • Synonyms

    * (electromechanical transducer) speaker * (encasing containing loudspeakers) speaker cabinet