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Elocution vs Declamation - What's the difference?

elocution | declamation |

As nouns the difference between elocution and declamation

is that elocution is the art of public speaking with expert control of gesture and voice, etc while declamation is the act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges; as, the practice declamation by students.

elocution

English

Noun

(wikipedia elocution)
  • The art of public speaking with expert control of gesture and voice, etc.

    • Related terms

    * elocutionary * elocutionist

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    declamation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges; as, the practice declamation by students.
  • A set or harangue; declamatory discourse.
  • Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation.

    • Related terms

    * declaim * declamate * declamatory

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