Difference between Telegram and Telegraph

What is the difference between Telegram and Telegraph?

Telegram as a noun is a message transmitted by telegraph while Telegraph as a noun is an apparatus, or a process, for communicating rapidly between distant points, especially by means of established visible or audible signals representing words or ideas, or by means of words and signs, transmitted by electrical means.

Telegram

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A message transmitted by telegraph

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To send a telegram.

Example sentence: In America they started to refer to Telegram as 'ISIS's preferred messaging app,' But in reality there are many more legitimate users.

Telegraph

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An apparatus, or a process, for communicating rapidly between distant points, especially by means of established visible or audible signals representing words or ideas, or by means of words and signs, transmitted by electrical means.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To send a message by telegraphTo give nonverbal signals to another, as with gestures or a change in attitude.To show one's intended action unintentionally.

Example sentence: In the highly unlikely event that the 'Telegraph' was to be sold again, then 'The Spectator' doesn't go with it.

We hope you now know whether to use Telegram or Telegraph in your sentence.

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