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peripheral device vs printer

printer vs peripheral device

peripheral device and printer both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
peripheral device Yes No No No
printer Yes No No No
As nouns, printer is a hyponym of peripheral device; that is, printer is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than peripheral device:
  • peripheral device: electronic equipment external to the circuit board that contains the CPU of a computer
  • printer: (computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing
Other hyponyms of peripheral device include data input device, input device, output device.
peripheral device (noun) printer (noun)
electronic equipment external to the circuit board that contains the CPU of a computer a machine that prints
(computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing
someone whose occupation is printing
Difference between peripheral device and printer

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