Telegram vs. Fax

Telegramnoun

A message transmitted by telegraph.

Telegramverb

To send a telegram.

Telegramnoun

A message sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.

Telegramnoun

a message transmitted by telegraph

Faxnoun

The hair of the head.

Faxnoun

A fax machine or a document received and printed by one.

Faxverb

To send a document via a fax machine.

Faxnoun

duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio

Faxverb

send something via a facsimile machine;

Fax

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.