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Recording vs Tapespondent - What's the difference?

recording | tapespondent |

As nouns the difference between recording and tapespondent

is that recording is a reproduction of sound and/or video, stored in a permanent medium while tapespondent is a sort of penfriend who communicated by means of early audio tape recordings sent in the post.

As a verb recording

is present participle of lang=en.

recording

English

Verb

(head)
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
  • , volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Fantasy of navigation , passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}

    Noun

    (wikipedia recording) (en noun)
  • A reproduction of sound and/or video, stored in a permanent medium.
  • I made a recording of the show.

    Anagrams

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    tapespondent

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated) A sort of penfriend who communicated by means of early audio tape recordings sent in the post.
  • * 1967 , Ken Peters, Modern tape recording and hi-fi
  • The average is probably around three or four, but some tapespondents have more than fifty contacts.
  • * 1969 , High Fidelity (volume 19, issues 7-12)
  • So, while some tapespondents wrap their tapes in aluminum foil...
  • * 2002 , Tom Sherman, Peggy Gale, Before and After the I-Bomb: An Artist in the Information Environment
  • I remember a few particularly valued tapespondents : Don from Riverside, California; Louis from Miami, Florida...

    Derived terms

    * tapesponding