Text vs. Chat

Text vs. Chat — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Text and Chat

Textnoun

A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.

Chatverb

To be engaged in informal conversation.

She chatted with her friend in the cafe.I like to chat over a coffee with a friend.

Textnoun

A book, tome or other set of writings.

Chatverb

To talk more than a few words.

I met my old friend in the street, so we chatted for a while.

Textnoun

(colloquial) A brief written message transmitted between mobile phones; an SMS text message.

Chatverb

(transitive) To talk of; to discuss.

They chatted politics for a while.
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Textnoun

(computing) Data which can be interpreted as human-readable text (often contrasted with binary data).

Chatverb

To exchange text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, as if having a face-to-face conversation.

Do you want to chat online later?

Textnoun

A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.

Chatnoun

(uncountable) Informal conversation.

Textnoun

Hence, anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, etc.; topic; theme.

Chatnoun

A conversation to stop an argument or settle situations.

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Textnoun

A style of writing in large characters; text-hand; also, a kind of type used in printing.

German text

Chatnoun

The entirety of users in a chatroom or a single member thereof.

The Chat just made a joke about my skills.

Textverb

(transitive) To send a text message to; i.e. to transmit text using the Short Message Service (SMS), or a similar service, between communications devices, particularly mobile phones.

Just text me when you get here.I'll text the address to you as soon as I find it.

Chatnoun

An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.

Textverb

(intransitive) To send and receive text messages.

Have you been texting all afternoon?

Chatnoun

Any of various small Old World passerine birds in the muscicapid tribe Saxicolini or subfamily Saxicolinae that feed on insects.

Textverb

To write in large characters, as in text hand.

Chatnoun

Any of several small Australian honeyeaters in the genus Epthianura.

Textnoun

the words of something written;

there were more than a thousand words of textthey handed out the printed text of the mayor's speechhe wants to reconstruct the original text

Chatnoun

A small potato, such as is given to swine.

Textnoun

a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon;

the preacher chose a text from Psalms to introduce his sermon

Chatnoun

Mining waste from lead and zinc mines.

Textnoun

a book prepared for use in schools or colleges;

his economics textbook is in its tenth editionthe professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy

Chatnoun

A louse small, parasitic insect.

Textnoun

the main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.);

pictures made the text easier to understand

Chatnoun

an informal conversation

Chatnoun

birds having a chattering call

Chatnoun

songbirds having a chattering call

Chatverb

talk socially without exchanging too much information;

the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze