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Declaim vs Exclaim - What's the difference?

declaim | exclaim |

As verbs the difference between declaim and exclaim

is that declaim is to object to something vociferously; to rail against in speech while exclaim is to cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion.

As a noun exclaim is

exclamation; outcry, clamor.

declaim

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To object to something vociferously; to rail against in speech.
  • To recite, e.g., poetry, in a theatrical way; to speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; bemouth; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.
  • * Bancroft
    • Grenville seized the opportunity to declaim on the repeal of the stamp act.
  • To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking.
    • The students declaim twice a week.

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    exclaim

    English

    Alternative forms

    * exclame

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (lb) To cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion.
  • *
  • *:“Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are'' pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling ''à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better.”

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Exclamation; outcry, clamor.
  • * 1635 , John Donne, "His parting form her":
    • Oh fortune, thou'rt not worth my least exclame [...].