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What is the difference between tablet and smartphone?

tablet | smartphone |

As nouns the difference between tablet and smartphone

is that tablet is a slab of clay used for inscription while smartphone is a mobile phone with more advanced features and greater computing capacity than a featurephone.

tablet

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A slab of clay used for inscription.
  • (religion) A short scripture written by the founders of the Bahá'í faith.
  • A pill; a small, easily swallowed portion of a substance.
  • Many people take vitamin tablets as a food supplement.
  • (computing) A graphics tablet.
  • (computing) A tablet computer, a type of portable computer.
  • (Scotland) A confection made from sugar, condensed milk and butter.
  • See also

    * caplet * capsule

    Verb

  • To form (a drug, etc.) into tablets.
  • Anagrams

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    smartphone

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mobile phone with more advanced features and greater computing capacity than a featurephone.