Telegram vs. Fax — What's the Difference?

A message transmitted by telegraph.

Fax (short for facsimile), sometimes called telecopying or telefax (the latter short for telefacsimile), is the telephonic transmission of scanned printed material (both text and images), normally to a telephone number connected to a printer or other output device. The original document is scanned with a fax machine (or a telecopier), which processes the contents (text or images) as a single fixed graphic image, converting it into a bitmap, and then transmitting it through the telephone system in the form of audio-frequency tones.

To telegraph (something) or be telegraphed.

A fax machine.

A message transmitted by telegraph.

A document transmitted or received by a fax machine. In both senses also called facsimile.

(intransitive) To send a telegram.

To transmit (a document) by a fax machine.

(transitive) To send a telegram to (a person).

The hair of the head.

(transitive) To send (a message) in a telegram.

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A message sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.

A document sent, or received and printed by a fax machine

A message transmitted by telegraph

To send a document via a fax machine.

Alt form of facts.

Duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio

Send something via a facsimile machine;