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Photocopy vs Facsimile - What's the difference?

photocopy | facsimile |

As nouns the difference between photocopy and facsimile

is that photocopy is a copy made using a photocopier while facsimile is facsimile.

As a verb photocopy

is to make a copy using a photocopier.

photocopy

English

Noun

(photocopies)
  • A copy made using a photocopier.

    • Synonyms

    * copy * photostat (dated) * xerox, xerox copy

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To make a copy using a photocopier.

    • 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