Fluent vs Emphatic - What's the difference?
fluent | emphatic | Related terms |
That flows; flowing, liquid.
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(linguistics) Able to speak a language accurately, rapidly, and confidently – in a flowing way.
Characterized by emphasis.
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Stated with conviction.
belonging to set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do + an infinitive without to
(phonology) of obstruent consonants in Semitic languages.
Fluent is a related term of emphatic.
As adjectives the difference between fluent and emphatic
is that fluent is that flows; flowing, liquid while emphatic is characterized by emphasis.As a noun emphatic is
(phonology) an emphatic consonant.fluent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- fluent handwriting
- For time is a fleeting thing, and which appeareth as in a shadow, with the matter ever gliding, alwaies fluent , without ever being stable or permanent.
Usage notes
In casual use, “fluency” refers to language proficiency'' broadly, while in narrow use it refers to speaking a language ''flowingly, rather than haltingly.Anagrams
* ----emphatic
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Alternative forms
* emphatick (obsolete)Adjective
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- He gave me an emphatic no when I asked him out.