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Photocopy vs Printout - What's the difference?

photocopy | printout |

As nouns the difference between photocopy and printout

is that photocopy is a copy made using a photocopier while printout is a hard copy of a program or data set, printed on paper.

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.
  • printout

    Alternative forms

    print-out

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing) A hard copy of a program or data set, printed on paper.
  • Synonyms

    * hard copy, listing