Dictate vs Exhortation - What's the difference?
dictate | exhortation | Synonyms |
To order, command, control.
* 2001 , Sydney I. Landau, Dictionaries: The Art and Craft of Lexicography , Cambridge University Press (ISBN 0-521-78512-X), page 409,
To speak in order for someone to write down the words.
The act or practice of exhorting; the act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good or commendable.
Language intended to incite and encourage; advice; counsel; admonition.
As nouns the difference between dictate and exhortation
is that dictate is an order or command while exhortation is the act or practice of exhorting; the act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good or commendable.As a verb dictate
is to order, command, control.dictate
English
Verb
(dictat)- Trademark Owners will nevertheless try to dictate how their marks are to be represented, but dictionary publishers with spine can resist such pressure.
- She is dictating a letter to a stenographer.
- The French teacher dictated a passage from Victor Hugo.
