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Phonograph vs Phonogram - What's the difference?

phonograph | phonogram |

In lang=en terms the difference between phonograph and phonogram

is that phonograph is a character or symbol used to represent a sound, especially one used in phonography while phonogram is an audio recording.

As nouns the difference between phonograph and phonogram

is that phonograph is literally, a device that captures sound waves onto an engraved archive; a lathe while phonogram is a group of letters which share the same letter combination associated with a sound, such as rhyming words.

As a verb phonograph

is to record for playback by phonograph.

phonograph

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Literally, a device that captures sound waves onto an engraved archive; a lathe.
  • (British, historical) A device that records or plays sound from cylinder records.
  • (North America) A turntable, especially an early, archaic record player.
  • (dated) A character or symbol used to represent a sound, especially one used in phonography.
  • Synonyms

    * (cylinder player) talking phonograph * (turntable) gramophone (British), record player

    Derived terms

    * phonograph record

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (dated) To record for playback by phonograph.
  • (dated) To transcribe into phonographic symbols.
  • phonogram

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linguistics) A group of letters which share the same letter combination associated with a sound, such as rhyming words.
  • (legal) An audio recording.
  • See also

    * audiogram * phonograph * videogram

    Anagrams

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