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Telegram vs Telegrammatic - What's the difference?

telegram | telegrammatic |

As a noun telegram

is a message transmitted by telegraph.

As a verb telegram

is to send a telegram.

As an adjective telegrammatic is

having the form of a telegram; especially, brief and concise, using clipped syntax.

telegram

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (rare)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A message transmitted by telegraph.
  • *
  • *:There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place. Pushing men hustle each other at the windows of the purser's office, under pretence of expecting letters or despatching telegrams .

    • Synonyms

    * wire, cable

    Verb

    (telegramm)
  • To send a telegram.

    • telegrammatic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having the form of a telegram; especially, brief and concise, using clipped syntax.