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Stenographer vs Brachygrapher - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between stenographer and brachygrapher

is that stenographer is someone skilled in the transcription of speech (for example, a secretary who takes dictation) while brachygrapher is (obsolete) a writer who uses shorthand; a stenographer.

stenographer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • someone skilled in the transcription of speech (for example, a secretary who takes dictation)

    • Synonyms

    * (UK) shorthand typist * stenographist

    Related terms

    * stenography * steno * steno pad * steno pool

    brachygrapher

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A writer who uses shorthand; a stenographer.
  • * 1654 , Edmund Gayton, Festivous notes on the history and adventures of the renowned Don Quixote
    • He asked the brachygrapher whether he wrote the notes of the sermon.