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Television vs Flatscreen - What's the difference?

television | flatscreen |

As nouns the difference between television and flatscreen

is that television is an electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound while flatscreen is a screen or device of this kind.

As a verb television

is to watch television.

As an adjective flatscreen is

being slim from front to back, as opposed to earlier bulky models; like a flatpanel.

television

English

(wikipedia 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

    Related terms

    (television) * televisional * televisionally * televisionary * televise, televize * televisual

    Verb

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

    • Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words ----

    flatscreen

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (of a television or monitor) Being slim from front to back, as opposed to earlier bulky models; like a flatpanel.
  • (dated) being flat square, having the image display surface of a display screen being flat
  • (dated) being vertically flat, having a image display surface of a CRT display screen that is vertically flat, but horizontally round

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A screen or device of this kind

    • Synonyms

    * (a slim flat square display screen) flatpanel

    Antonyms

    * (flat square display) roundscreen * (vertically flat display) roundscreen

    Hyponyms

    * (flat panel display) flatscreen LCD , flatscreen plasma , flatscreen OLED * (flat square display) flat CRT , flatscreen CRT , rear-projection display