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Phonograph vs Pornograph - What's the difference?

phonograph | pornograph |

As nouns the difference between phonograph and pornograph

is that phonograph is literally, a device that captures sound waves onto an engraved archive; a lathe while pornograph is (rare) pornographer or pornograph can be (uncommon) a piece of pornography; a pornographic image or text.

As a verb phonograph

is (dated) to record for playback by phonograph.

As an adjective pornograph is

(rare) pornographic.

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.

    • External links

    * (wikipedia "phonograph")

    pornograph

    English

    Etymology 1

    From the (etyl) pornographe.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) pornographer

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncommon) A piece of pornography; a pornographic image or text.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (rare) pornographic

    • References

    * “ pornograph, n. ''(''a.'')]” listed in the ''[[w:Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford English Dictionary] , second edition (1989) * “ pornograph, n. ''and'' adj.''” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary (draft revision; December 2006)