Notebook vs. Handbook

Notebooknoun

A book in which notes or memoranda are written.

Notebooknoun

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Notebooknoun

A book in which notes or memorandums are written.

Notebooknoun

A book in which notes of hand are registered.

Notebooknoun

a book with blank pages for recording notes or memoranda

Notebooknoun

a small compact portable computer

Handbooknoun

A topically organized book of reference on a certain field of knowledge, regardless of size.

Handbooknoun

A book of reference, to be carried in the hand; a manual; a guidebook.

Handbooknoun

A book containing reference information for a specific field; as, the Handbook of Chemistry.

Handbooknoun

a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location

Handbook

A handbook is a type of reference work, or other collection of instructions, that is intended to provide ready reference. The term originally applied to a small or portable book containing information useful for its owner, but the Oxford English Dictionary defines the current sense as A handbook is sometimes referred to as a vade mecum (Latin, ) or pocket reference.