letter vs text

letter and text both are nouns.

letter and text both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
letter	Yes	No	Yes	No
text	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, text is a hypernym of letter; that is, text is a word with a broader meaning than letter:

letter: a written message addressed to a person or organization
text: the words of something written

Other hypernyms of letter include document, textual matter.

letter (noun)	text (noun)
a written message addressed to a person or organization	the words of something written
the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech	the main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.)
an award earned by participation in a school sport	a book prepared for use in schools or colleges
a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention)	a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon
owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire

letter (verb)	text (verb)
mark letters on or mark with letters	to send a message by SMS or similar text-based messaging service
set down or print with letters
win an athletic letter

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