Texta vs. Text: What's the Difference?

Texta and Text Definitions
Texta
(Australia) A felt-tip pen, often coloured and usually wide-tipped for use by children.
Text
The original words of something written or printed, as opposed to a paraphrase, translation, revision, or condensation.
Text
The words of a speech appearing in print.
Text
Words, as of a libretto, that are set to music in a composition.
Text
Words treated as data by a computer.
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Text
A text message.
Text
The body of a printed work as distinct from headings and illustrative matter on a page or from front and back matter in a book.
Text
One of the editions or forms of a written work
After examining all three manuscripts, he published a new text of the poem.
Text
Something, such as a literary work or other cultural product, regarded as an object of critical analysis.
Text
A passage from the Scriptures or another authoritative source chosen for the subject of a discourse or cited for support in argument.
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Text
A passage from a written work used as the starting point of a discussion.
Text
A subject; a topic.
Text
A textbook.
Text
To send a text message to
She texted me when she arrived at the airport.
Text
To communicate by text message
He texted that he would be late.
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Text
To key or send text messages
She was texting in class and missed what was said.
Text
A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.
Text
A book, tome or other set of writings.
Text
(colloquial) A brief written message transmitted between mobile phones.
Text
(computing) Data which can be interpreted as human-readable text.
Plain text
Text
A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.
Text
(by extension) Anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, etc.
Text
(printing) A style of writing in large characters; also, a kind of type used in printing.
German text
Text
(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.
Text
(intransitive) To send and receive text messages.
Have you been texting all afternoon?
Text
(dated) To write in large characters, as in text hand.
Text
A discourse or composition on which a note or commentary is written; the original words of an author, in distinction from a paraphrase, annotation, or commentary.
Text
The four Gospels, by way of distinction or eminence.
Text
A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.
How oft, when Paul has served us with a text,Has Epictetus, Plato, Tully, preached!
Text
Hence, anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, or the like; topic; theme.
Text
A style of writing in large characters; text-hand also, a kind of type used in printing; as, German text.
Text
That part of a document (printed or electronic) comprising the words, especially the main body of expository words, in contrast to the illustrations, pictures, charts, tables, or other formatted material which contain graphic elements as a major component.
Text
Any communication composed of words.
Text
A textbook.
Text
To write in large characters, as in text hand.
Text
The words of something written;
There were more than a thousand words of text
They handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech
He wants to reconstruct the original text
Text
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
Text
A book prepared for use in schools or colleges;
His economics textbook is in its tenth edition
The professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy
Text
The main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.);
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