As nouns the difference between records and phonograph
is that
records is (
record) while
phonograph is literally, a device that captures sound waves onto an engraved archive; a lathe.
As a verb records
is (
record).
records English
Noun
(head)
Verb
(head)
(record)
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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.
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