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Typing vs Shorthand - What's the difference?

typing | shorthand |

As nouns the difference between typing and shorthand

is that typing is assigning or classification by type while shorthand is a compendious and rapid method of writing by substituting symbols, for letters, words, etc.; short writing; stenography; phonography.

As a verb typing

is present participle of lang=en.

typing

English

Verb

(head)
    • (wikipedia typing)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Assigning or classification by type.
  • (computing) the act of typing on a keyboard.

    • Derived terms

    * manifest typing

    shorthand

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A compendious and rapid method of writing by substituting symbols, for letters, words, etc.; short writing; stenography; phonography
  • any brief or shortened way of saying or doing something
    • The jargon becomes a shorthand for these advanced concepts.

    See also

    * longhand * shorthanded English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs