Cable and Television

Cable

Cable noun - A television system that transmits over cables.

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Television and cable are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Television" instead a noun "Cable".

Nearby Words: cabled, cabling, cablegram

Television noun - An electronic device with a screen and speakers that reproduces images and sound.

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Cable and television are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cable" instead a noun "Television".

live	live cable	live television
free	free cable	free television
large	large cable	large television
big	big cable	big television
Other adjectives: great, new, falling, later, different, giant, digital, interplanetary.

Already an owner of various radio stations and cable TV networks, the purchase made Corus own about one-third of the entire Canadian television market!

Source: Creator / Global Television Network
Getting Crap Past the Radar: The show gets away with a surprising amount of subversive ideas for something on network television instead of cable.

Source: Series / The Unit
This was largely due to the fact that unlike Raw, which aired on cable, SmackDown aired on network television, which has more stricter standards than cable in regards to objectionable content.

Source: Wrestling / WWE SmackDown

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