different between typing vs shorthand

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ta?p??/
• Hyphenation: typ?ing
• Rhymes: -a?p??

Noun

typing (countable and uncountable, plural typings)

1. Assigning or classification by type.
2. The act of typing on a keyboard.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• (computing): subtyping
• typing pool

Translations

Verb

typing

1. present participle of type

References

• typing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

The noun is derived from short +? hand (“handwriting; style of penmanship”). The verb is derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????thænd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /????thænd/
• Hyphenation: short?hand

Noun

shorthand (countable and uncountable, plural shorthands)

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

   Synonyms: (obsolete) brachygraphy, stenography, phonography

   Antonym: longhand
2. (by extension) Any brief or shortened way of saying or doing something.

Alternative forms

• short hand (archaic)
• short-hand (archaic)

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

shorthand (third-person singular simple present shorthands, present participle shorthanding, simple past and past participle shorthanded)

1. (transitive) To render (spoken or written words) into shorthand.
2. (transitive, by extension) To use a brief or shortened way of saying or doing something.
3. (intransitive) To write in shorthand.

References

Further reading

• shorthand on Wikipedia.Wikipedia