Correspondence vs Colloquy - What's the difference?
correspondence | colloquy | Related terms |
(uncountable) Friendly discussion.
(uncountable) Reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially conversation between persons by means of letters.
(countable) An agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome.
(uncountable) Newspaper or news stories, generally.
(countable) A postal or other written communication.
(uncountable) Postal or other written communications.
(set theory, countable) A relation.
A conversation or dialogue.
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(obsolete) A formal conference.
(Christianity) A church court held by certain Reformed denominations.
A written discourse.
(legal) A discussion during a trial in which a judge ensures that the defendant understands what is taking place in the trial and what their rights are.
* {{quote-book, passage=At the end of the colloquy , Judge Spicer asked Carr whether anyone had "pressured" him into accepting the deal.
, title=The Whole Truth?: A Case of Murder on the Appalachian Trail
, page=193
, author=H. L. Pohlman
, pageurl=http://books.google.ca/books?id=El-CypXgpbwC&pg=PA193&dq=colloquy+judge&as_brr=0&cd=6&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=colloquy%20judge&f=false
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Correspondence is a related term of colloquy.
As nouns the difference between correspondence and colloquy
is that correspondence is (uncountable) friendly discussion while colloquy is a conversation or dialogue.correspondence
Noun
See also
* correspondentcolloquy
English
Noun
(wikipedia colloquy) (colloquies)- And she repeated the free caress into which her colloquies with Maisie almost always broke and which made the child feel that her affection at least was a gage of safety.