Why does it say imessage instead of text message?

I have an iphone and whenever i txt my cousin who was a recent iphone user, but now she uses htc, it says imessage instead of a regular txt message so she doesn't receive my texts.

Go to settings. Go to messages. Turn off iMessage.

IMessage means your contact to whom you are sending the text message or from whom you are receiving the message also uses an iPhone running on ios.

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