Texting refers to sending and receiving text messages through the old-school SMS protocol, while instant messaging means communicating using apps like Whatsapp or Facebook messenger.
You can find the main differences between texting and messaging broken down below:
- Network: Instant messaging communication can only happen with an internet connection, while texting takes place over a cellular network.
- Software: You can only send instant messages from a downloadable application like Whatsapp or Facebook messenger, and you cannot send messages across applications while texting only uses the built-in SMS software of your cellular phone.
- Cost: text messages are charged per unit – a single sms has a limitation of 160 characters – and the cost goes up when sending messages internationally; instant messages are free to send all over the world and have a very high character limitation (a Whatsapp message can have up to 56785 characters).
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