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Symposia vs Colloquium - What's the difference?

symposia | colloquium |

As nouns the difference between symposia and colloquium

is that symposia is irregular plural of symposium while colloquium is a colloquy; a meeting for discussion.

symposia

English

Noun

(head)
  • (symposium)
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    symposium

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations.
  • (in ancient Greece ) A drinking party, especially one with intellectual discussion.

    • Related terms

    * (l)

    See also

    * (wikipedia "symposium") * English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    colloquium

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A colloquy; a meeting for discussion.
  • An academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting.
  • An address to an academic meeting or seminar.
  • (legal) That part of the complaint or declaration in an action for defamation which shows that the words complained of were spoken concerning the plaintiff.

    • Usage notes

    Note that while colloquial refers specifically to informal'' conversation, colloquy and colloquium refer instead to ''formal conversation.

    Quotations

    * 1876 : Stephen Dowell, A History of Taxation and Taxes in England , I. 87. *: Writs were issued to London and the other towns principally concerned, directing the mayor and sheriffs to send to a colloquium at York two or three citizens with full power to treat on behalf of the community of the town.

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