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Transmission vs Broadcasting - What's the difference?

transmission | broadcasting |

As nouns the difference between transmission and broadcasting

is that transmission is the act of transmitting, e.g. data or electric power while broadcasting is the business or profession of radio and television.

As an adjective broadcasting is

sending in all directions.

As a verb broadcasting is

present participle of lang=en.

transmission

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of transmitting, e.g. data or electric power.
  • The fact of being transmitted.
  • Something that is transmitted, such as a message, picture or a disease; the sending of such a thing.
  • (biology) The passage of a nerve impulse across synapses.
  • (automotive) An assembly of gears through which power is transmitted from the engine to the driveshaft in a motor car / automobile; a gearbox.
  • (legal) The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting to his successor(s) any inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die without enjoying or exercising it.
  • (medicine, biology) The passing of a communicable disease from an infected host individual or group to a conspecific individual or group.

    • Synonyms

    * (l) * (assembly of gears) gearbox

    Derived terms

    * automatic transmission * cryo-transmission * manual transmission * standard transmission * synchronized transmission * transmission line * transmission medium * transmission electron microscope * Transmission Control Protocol

    Related terms

    * transmissible * transmissive

    broadcasting

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Sending in all directions.

    • Noun

    (wikipedia broadcasting)
  • (business) The business or profession of radio and television.
    • Broadcasting can be a lucrative field, but very few people end up on the air.
  • The act by which something is broadcast.
    • frequent broadcastings of the same old material

    Verb

    (head)
    • This radio station is broadcasting at a frequency of 104Mhz.
    We sowed the seeds, broadcasting with a rotary spreader.