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Typewriter vs Wordprocessor - What's the difference?

typewriter | wordprocessor |

As nouns the difference between typewriter and wordprocessor

is that typewriter is a device, at least partially mechanical, used to print text by pressing keys that cause type to be impressed through an inked ribbon onto paper while wordprocessor is an alternative spelling of word processor.

typewriter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A device, at least partially mechanical, used to print text by pressing keys that cause type to be impressed through an inked ribbon onto paper.
  • (archaic) One who uses a typewriter; a typist.
  • The typewriter got up and disappeared out a back door, and soon she come back with a man, and he said, "Can I be of some help, Mr. Higgens?"'' -- ''The Southpaw , Mike Harris, 1953.

    Synonyms

    * (one who uses a typewriter) typist

    Derived terms

    * typewritery

    See also

    * touch-typist

    wordprocessor

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)