Stenography vs. Shorthand

Stenographynoun

The practice of transcribing speech (primarily for later dictation or testimony), usually using shorthand.

Stenographynoun

The art of writing in shorthand, by using abbreviations or characters for whole words; shorthand.

Stenographynoun

a method of writing rapidly

Stenographynoun

the act or art of writing in shorthand;

Shorthandnoun

A rough and rapid method of writing by substituting symbols for letters, words, etc.

Shorthandnoun

(by extension) Any brief or shortened way of saying or doing something.

Shorthandverb

(transitive) To render (spoken or written words) into shorthand.

Shorthandverb

To use a brief or shortened way of saying or doing something.

Shorthandverb

(intransitive) To write in shorthand.

Shorthandnoun

A compendious and rapid method or writing by substituting characters, abbreviations, or symbols, for letters, words, etc.; short writing; stenography. See Illust. under Phonography.

Shorthandnoun

a method of writing rapidly

Shorthandadjective

written in abbreviated or symbolic form;

Shorthand

Shorthand is an abbreviated symbolic writing method that increases speed and brevity of writing as compared to longhand, a more common method of writing a language. The process of writing in shorthand is called stenography, from the Greek stenos (narrow) and graphein (to write).