Message and Telegram

Message

Message noun - A piece of conveyed information.

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Telegram and message are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Telegram" instead a noun "Message".

Nearby Words: messaged, messaging

Telegram noun - A message transmitted by telegraph.

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Message and telegram are semantically related. You can use "Message" instead a noun "Telegram".

brief	brief message	brief telegram
single	single message	single telegram
insulting	insulting message	insulting telegram
little	little message	little telegram
Other adjectives: bad, last, coded.

A minor example in Going Postal, where the Grand Trunk clacks (similar to telegram) company and the Post Office agree to a race to get a message to a distant location.

Source: Loophole Abuse / Literature
Lewton who did care a great deal for his films, huffily sent a telegram: Val Lewton: My movie does have a message.

Source: Creator / Val Lewton
In Bulldog Drummond, a mook assigned to trail Drummond uses this to find out what Drummond wrote in a telegram—but reveals a rude message from Drummond, who'd realised he was being followed.

Source: Writing Indentation Clue

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