Colloquial vs Speaking - What's the difference?
colloquial | speaking |
(linguistics) Denoting a manner of speaking or writing that is characteristic of familiar conversation; informal.
Of or pertaining to a conversation; conversational or chatty.
Used in speaking.
Expressive; eloquent.
Involving speaking.
Having the ability of speech.
# (in compounds) Having competence in a language.
One's ability to communicate vocally in a given language.
:I can read and understand mosts texts in German, but my speaking is awful.
The act of communicating vocally.
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An oral recitation of e.g. a story.
As adjectives the difference between colloquial and speaking
is that colloquial is denoting a manner of speaking or writing that is characteristic of familiar conversation; informal while speaking is used in speaking.As a noun speaking is
one's ability to communicate vocally in a given language.As a verb speaking is
present participle of lang=en.colloquial
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Usage notes
Note that while colloquy and colloquium refer to formal'' conversation, colloquial refers instead specifically to ''informal conversation.Synonyms
*Derived terms
* colloquialism * colloquially * colloquialness * colloquialityspeaking
English
(wikipedia speaking)Adjective
(-)- one's normal speaking voice
- The sight was more speaking than any speech could be.
- It was her first speaking part: she screamed.
- speaking parrot''; ''speaking clock
- the English-speaking gentleman gave us directions; I travel in Russian-speaking countries; the French-speaking world listened in to the broadcast
Antonyms
* (expressive) unspeaking * (involving speaking) nonspeakingNoun
(en noun)- Sometimes, a brawl would erupt, as a result, but, in general, public speakings were peaceful events and essential ingredients for election to office.