Chaw vs Speak - What's the difference?
chaw | speak |
(informal, uncountable) Chewing tobacco.
(countable) A plug or wad of chewing tobacco.
* 1889 , , Chapter XXI,
(obsolete) The jaw.
(archaic, or, nonstandard) To chew; to grind with one's teeth; to masticate (food, or the cud); to champ (at the bit).
* Surrey
* 1884 , , Chapter XXIX,
To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over.
(UK, slang) To steal.
To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
* , chapter=13
, title= To have a conversation.
(by extension) To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions.
To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech.
To be able to communicate in a language.
To utter.
* 1611 , (Authorized King James Version) (Bible translation), 9:5:
To communicate (some fact or feeling); to bespeak, to indicate.
* 1851 , (Herman Melville), (Moby-Dick) :
(informal, transitive, sometimes, humorous) To understand (as though it were a language).
To produce a sound; to sound.
* Shakespeare
(archaic) To address; to accost; to speak to.
* Bible, Ecclus. xiii. 6
* Emerson
language, jargon, or terminology used uniquely in a particular environment or group.
As nouns the difference between chaw and speak
is that chaw is (informal|uncountable) chewing tobacco while speak is language, jargon, or terminology used uniquely in a particular environment or group or speak can be (dated) a low class bar, a speakeasy.As verbs the difference between chaw and speak
is that chaw is (archaic|or|nonstandard) to chew; to grind with one's teeth; to masticate (food, or the cud); to champ (at the bit) while speak is to communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.chaw
English
Noun
(en noun)- When the doctor told him to quit smoking, Harvey switched to chaw , but then developed cancer of the mouth.
- My uncle's way to convince us not to use tobacco was to give us each a big chaw , and then get us to swallow it.
- "YOU give him a chaw', did you? So did your sister's cat's grandmother. You pay me back the ' chaws you've awready borry'd off'n me, Lafe Buckner, then I'll loan you one or two ton of it, and won't charge you no back intrust, nuther."
- (Spenser)
Verb
(en verb)- (Spenser)
- The trampling steed, with gold and purple trapped, / Chawing the foamy bit, there fiercely stood.
- (Dryden)
- Some pikey's chawed my bike.
speak
English
(wikipedia speak)Verb
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them.}}
- And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
- There he sat, his very indifference speaking a nature in which there lurked no civilized hypocrisies and bland deceits.
- Make all our trumpets speak .
- [He will] thee in hope; he will speak thee fair.
- Each village senior paused to scan / And speak the lovely caravan.
Synonyms
* articulate, talk, verbalizeDerived terms
* public speaking * speakable * speaker * speakeasy * re-speak * unspeakable phrasal verbs * speak down * speak for * speak out * speak to * speak up idioms * actions speak louder than words * on speaking terms * so to speak * speak for oneself * speak highly of * speak ill of * speak in tongues * speak of the devil * speak one's mind * speak softly and carry a big stick * speak someone's language * speak volumes * speak with one voice * spoken forNoun
(-)- Corporate speak; IT speak