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Annunciate vs Pronounce - What's the difference?

annunciate | pronounce |

In transitive terms the difference between annunciate and pronounce

is that annunciate is to announce while pronounce is to read aloud.

annunciate

English

Verb

  • To announce.
  • pronounce

    English

    Verb

    (pronounc)
  • To formally declare, officially or ceremoniously.
  • * , chapter=5
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced . The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.}}
  • To pass judgment.
  • To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.
  • * 1869 , (Mark Twain), The Innocents Abroad , page 182:
  • They spell it "Vinci" and pronounce' it "Vinchy". Foreigners always spell better than they ' pronounce .
  • *
  • To produce the components of speech.
  • To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.
  • To read aloud.
  • Derived terms

    * pronounceable * pronounced * pronouncer * pronouncing