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Telex vs Facsimile - What's the difference?

telex | facsimile |

As nouns the difference between telex and facsimile

is that telex is telex while facsimile is facsimile.

telex

English

(Telex)

Noun

  • A communications system consisting of a network of teletypewriters.
  • A message sent through such a network.
  • The machine used to send and receive such messages.

    • Verb

  • To send (a message) by telex.

    • See also

    * teleprinter

    Anagrams

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    facsimile

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A copy or reproduction.
  • * 1990 , James M. Thompson, Twentieth Century Theories of Art (page 540)
    • To paraphrase the critic of the Times, if one may make the facsimile of a human being out of bronze, why not the facsimile of a Brillo carton out of plywood?
  • A fax, a machine for making and sending copies of printed material and images via radio or telephone network.
  • The image sent by the machine itself.

    • Synonyms

    * (copy) autotype, copy, reproduction * (machine) facsimile machine, fax, fax machine * (copy made by a facsimile) facsimile reproduction, fax

    Verb

    (facsimil)
  • To send via a facsimile machine; to fax.

    • Synonyms

    * fax, telefax