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Megaphone vs Gramophone - What's the difference?

megaphone | gramophone |

As nouns the difference between megaphone and gramophone

is that megaphone is while gramophone is (obsolete) a grammy.

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 .

    • gramophone

    English

    (wikipedia gramophone)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British, dated) A historic wind-up record player that acoustically reproduces sound from a disk rather than a cylinder record.

    • Synonyms

    * phonograph (North America)

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