What's the difference between cacography and longhand?

Cacography


Definition:

  • (n.) Incorrect or bad writing or spelling.

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Longhand


Definition:

  • (n.) The written characters used in the common method of writing; -- opposed to shorthand.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) King finished the outline at about midnight and then wrote a draft in longhand.
  • (2) Maybe it was the peace and quiet of the cosy, carpeted, sun-drenched study at home in Chappaqua, upstate New York, with views over the treetops, where she wrote much of Hard Choices in longhand.
  • (3) A Princeton University spokesman said: "The story is probably an unauthorised version transcribed longhand in our reading room.
  • (4) I still write longhand with a pencil and retype the manuscript, slowly, with my right hand.
  • (5) The midges were discouraging longhand explanations, so I said that a friend of mine had written a book called Waterlog about wild swimming, and now I couldn't keep out of the water.
  • (6) Dr Holland made his comments on the case in shorthand and his instructions in longhand.
  • (7) I don't think there is any doubt that a trained typist can type faster and more legibly than it is possible to write in longhand.
  • (8) Gessen, a founder of the combative literary journal N+1 who writes in longhand to avoid being distracted by the internet, told Gould never to read the article, but then Twitter went into full-on hyperventilation mode as other women came forward to accuse Champion of harassing them online.