We wrote a letter. We also made a phone call. What are the similarities and differences between a letter and a phone call?

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Similarities:

Both the letter and telephone are modes of communication and help us to exchange messages and information with our relatives, friends and other important people far away from us.

Differences:

Telephone Letter

It is a fast mode of communication. It is a slow mode of communication.

We can talk over the phone; this means that we can hear the voice of the person far away from us. We can only write to each other through letters.

Postman is not involved. Postman is involved.

It is an electronic mode of communication where voice is transferred through wires and satellites. It is a manual mode of communication where a letter is transferred to a post office by a postman and then to the receiver by another postman from a post office.

It is a two-way mode of communication. It is a one-way mode of communication.

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Telephone	Letter
It is a fast mode of communication.	It is a slow mode of communication.
We can talk over the phone; this means that we can hear the voice of the person far away from us.	We can only write to each other through letters.
Postman is not involved.	Postman is involved.
It is an electronic mode of communication where voice is transferred through wires and satellites.	It is a manual mode of communication where a letter is transferred to a post office by a postman and then to the receiver by another postman from a post office.
It is a two-way mode of communication.	It is a one-way mode of communication.