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record vs write

write vs record

record is a noun but write is not a noun.

record and write both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
record Yes No Yes No
write No No Yes No
As verbs, write is a hyponym of record; that is, write is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than record:
  • record: register electronically
  • write: record data on a computer
Other hyponyms of record include save, tape record, prerecord, cut, cut.
record (noun) write (noun)
an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport)
the sum of recognized accomplishments
sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted
a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone
anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction
the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had
record (verb) write (verb)
make a record of; set down in permanent form communicate or express by writing
register electronically record data on a computer
indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments contact in writing
be aware of produce a literary work
mark or trace words or symbols on a surface
write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word)
write music
create code, write a computer program
Difference between record and write

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