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Television vs Bafta - What's the difference?

television | bafta |

As nouns the difference between television and bafta

is that television is television while bafta is a coarse stuff, usually of cotton, originally made in india.

television

Noun

  • (uncountable) An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound.
  • It’s a good thing that television doesn’t transmit smell.
  • (countable) A device for receiving television signals and displaying them in visual form.
  • I have an old television in the study.
  • (uncountable) Collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television.
  • fifty-seven channels and nothing on television

    Derived terms

    (television) * cable television * on television * televangelism * televangelist * television channel * television network * television station * TV

    Synonyms

    (television) * boob tube * cultural barbiturate * electronic babysitter * glass teat * goggle box * idiot box * plebvision * the shit box * television set * telly * the tube * TV

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (neologism, informal) To watch television.
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    bafta

    English

    Etymology 1

    Abbreviation of the (British Academy of Film and Television Arts), which presents the awards.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mask sculpture, similar in purpose to an Oscar, awarded for excellence in film, television, etc.
  • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • (historical) Former free trade area in Eastern Europe superseded by the EU in 2004.
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