Write vs. Print: What’s the Difference?
Write (verb)
To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
“The pupil wrote his name on the paper.”
“Your son has been writing on the wall.”
Write (verb)
To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).
“My uncle writes newspaper articles for The Herald.”
Write (verb)
To send written information to.
“(UK) Please write to me when you get there.”
“(US) Please write me when you get there.”
Write (verb)
To show (information, etc) in written form.
“The due day of the homework is written in the syllabus.”
Write (verb)
To be an author.
“I write for a living.”
Write (verb)
}} To record data mechanically or electronically.
“The computer writes to the disk faster than it reads from it.”
Write (verb)
To fill in, to complete using words.
“I was very anxious to know my score after I wrote the test.”
Write (verb)
To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave.
“truth written on the heart”
Write (verb)
To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one’s own written testimony; often used reflexively.
Print (adjective)
Of, relating to, or writing for printed publications.
Print (verb)
To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine; often used with out or off: print out, print off.
“Print the draft double-spaced so we can mark changes between the lines.”
Print (verb)
To produce a microchip (an integrated circuit) in a process resembling the printing of an image.
“The circuitry is printed onto the semiconductor surface.”
Print (verb)
To write very clearly, especially, to write without connecting the letters as in cursive.
“Print your name here and sign below.”
“I’m only in grade 2, so I only know how to print.”
Print (verb)
To publish in a book, newspaper, etc.
“How could they print an unfounded rumour like that?”
Print (verb)
To stamp or impress (something) with coloured figures or patterns.
“to print calico”
Print (verb)
To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.
Print (verb)
To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure.
Print (verb)
To display a string on the terminal.
Print (noun)
Books and other material created by printing presses, considered collectively or as a medium.
“Three citations are required for each meaning, including one in print.”
“TV and the internet haven’t killed print.”
Print (noun)
Clear handwriting, especially, writing without connected letters as in cursive.
“Write in print using block letters.”
Print (noun)
The letters forming the text of a document.
“The print is too small for me to read.”
Print (noun)
A visible impression on a surface.
“Using a crayon, the girl made a print of the leaf under the page.”
Print (noun)
A fingerprint.
“Did the police find any prints at the scene?”
Print (noun)
A footprint.
Print (noun)
A copies by printing.
Print (noun)
A photograph that has been printed onto paper from the negative.
Print (noun)
A copy of a film that can be projected.
Print (noun)
Cloth that has had a pattern of dye printed onto it.
Write (verb)
mark (letters, words, or other symbols) on a surface, typically paper, with a pen, pencil, or similar implement
“Alice wrote down the address”
“he wrote his name on the paper”
“he wrote very neatly in blue ink”
Write (verb)
have the ability to mark coherent letters or words
“he couldn’t read or write”
Write (verb)
fill in or complete (a sheet, cheque, or similar)
“he had to write a cheque for £800”
Write (verb)
take (an exam or test)
“I wrote Prof. Weldon’s Middle English exam last week”
Write (verb)
write in a cursive hand, as opposed to printing individual letters.
Write (verb)
compose, write, and send (a letter) to someone
“I wrote him a short letter”
“Eleanor wrote to her sister Laura in Paris”
“I wrote a letter to Alison”
“he wrote almost every day”
Write (verb)
write and send a letter to
“Mother wrote me and told me about poor Simon’s death”
Write (verb)
write to an organization, newspaper, etc. with a question, suggestion, or opinion
“write in with your query”
Write (verb)
compose (a text or work) for written or printed reproduction or publication; put into literary form and set down in writing
“she wrote a bestselling novel”
“he wrote under a pseudonym”
“I didn’t know you wrote poetry”
“he had written about the beauty of Andalusia”
Write (verb)
compose (a musical work)
“he has written a song specifically for her”
Write (verb)
add or remove a character to or from (a long-running story or series).
Write (verb)
describe in writing
“if I could write the beauty of your eyes”
Write (verb)
enter (data) into a specified storage medium or location in store
“files can be read and written directly into the file system”
Write (verb)
underwrite (an insurance policy).
Print (verb)
produce (books, newspapers, etc.), especially in large quantities, by a mechanical process involving the transfer of text or designs to paper
“a thousand copies of the book were printed”
Print (verb)
produce (text or a picture) by a printing process
“the words had been printed in dark type”
Print (verb)
(of a newspaper or magazine) publish (a piece of writing) within its pages
“the article was printed in the first edition”
Print (verb)
(of a publisher or printer) arrange for (a book, manuscript, etc.) to be reproduced in large quantities
“in 1923 he printed Yeats’ ‘Biographical Fragments’”
Print (verb)
produce a paper copy of (information stored on a computer)
“the results of a search can be printed out”
Print (verb)
produce (a photographic print) from a negative
“any make of film can be developed and printed”
Print (verb)
write (text) clearly without joining the letters together
“print your name and address on the back of the cheque”
Print (verb)
mark (a surface, typically a fabric or garment) with a coloured design or pattern
“a delicate fabric printed with roses”
Print (verb)
transfer (a design or pattern) to a surface
“patterns of birds and trees were printed on the cotton”
Print (verb)
make (a mark or indentation) by pressing something on a surface or in a soft substance
“a beetle scurried by, printing tracks in the sand with its busy feet”
Print (verb)
mark (the surface of a soft substance)
“we printed the butter with carved wooden butter moulds”
Print (verb)
fix (something) firmly or indelibly in someone’s mind
“his face was printed on her memory”
Print (noun)
the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication, especially with reference to its size, form, or style
“bold print”
“she forced herself to concentrate on the tiny print”
Print (noun)
the state of being available in published form
“the news will never get into print”
Print (noun)
a newspaper
“the report’s contents were widely summarized in the public prints”
Print (noun)
relating to the printing industry or the printed media
“the print unions”
Print (noun)
an indentation or mark made on a surface or soft substance
“there were paw prints everywhere”
Print (noun)
fingerprints
“the FBI matched the prints to those of the robbery suspect”
Print (noun)
a picture or design printed from a block or plate or copied from a painting by photography
“the walls were hung with sporting prints”
Print (noun)
a photograph printed on paper from a negative or transparency
“please send a black-and-white or colour print to the editor”
Print (noun)
a copy of a motion picture on film, especially a particular version of it
“he screened his own print of the film at festivals around the world”
Print (noun)
a piece of fabric or clothing with a coloured pattern or design printed on it
“light summer prints”
“a floral print dress”
Print (noun)
a pattern or design printed on a garment or fabric
“the blouse is available in an assortment of colours and prints”
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