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Newspaper vs Television - What's the difference?

newspaper | television |

In countable terms the difference between newspaper and television

is that newspaper is a publication, usually published daily or weekly and usually printed on cheap, low-quality paper, containing news and other articles while television is a device for receiving television signals and displaying them in visual form.

newspaper

Noun

  • (countable) A publication, usually published daily or weekly and usually printed on cheap, low-quality paper, containing news and other articles.
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  • (uncountable, countable) A quantity of or one of the types of paper on which newspapers are printed.
  • Synonyms

    * (publication) daily (for a daily newspaper''), paper, rag (''derogatory ) * (paper on which newspapers are printed) newsprint

    Derived terms

    * newspaperdom * newspaperism

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover with newspaper.
  • She newspapered one end of the room before painting the bookcase.
  • (transitive) To engage in the business of journalism (usually used only in the gerund, newspapering)
  • He newspapered his way through the South on the sports beat, avoiding dry towms.
  • (obsolete) to harrass in newspaper articles.
  • He was newspapered out of public life.

    Usage notes

    * The harrass sense is usually in passive constructions. 1000 English basic words

    television

    Noun

  • (uncountable) An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound.
  • It’s a good thing that television doesn’t transmit smell.
  • (countable) A device for receiving television signals and displaying them in visual form.
  • I have an old television in the study.
  • (uncountable) Collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television.
  • fifty-seven channels and nothing on television

    Derived terms

    (television) * cable television * on television * televangelism * televangelist * television channel * television network * television station * TV

    Synonyms

    (television) * boob tube * cultural barbiturate * electronic babysitter * glass teat * goggle box * idiot box * plebvision * the shit box * television set * telly * the tube * TV

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (neologism, informal) To watch television.
  • Anagrams

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