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Interlocutor vs Contact - What's the difference?

interlocutor | contact |

As nouns the difference between interlocutor and contact

is that interlocutor is a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation or interlocutor can be (scotland|legal) a decree of a court while contact is the act of touching physically; being in close association.

As a verb contact is

to touch; to come into physical contact with.

interlocutor

English

(wikipedia interlocutor)

Alternative forms

* interlocutour (obsolete)

Etymology 1

A noun-form of (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who takes part in dialogue or conversation.
  • * 1894 , Calvin Thomas, "The Teacher's Outfit in German," The School Review , vol. 2, no. 7, p. 406,
    • Explanations which continually remind one's interlocutor of one's ignorance are a great damper upon the easy flow of talk.
  • A man in the middle of the line in a minstrel show who questions the end men and acts as leader.
  • * 1991 , Maureen Costonis, "Martha Graham's American Document: A Minstrel Show in Modern Dance Dress," American Music , vol. 9, no. 3, p. 299,
    • The "interlocutor " greeted the audience and engaged in comical repartee with the "end men," named Tambo and Bones.
  • (legal) An interlocutory judgement or sentence.

    • Synonyms

    * (A person who takes part in dialogue or conversation) converser, conversationalist
    Related terms
    * interlocution * interlocutorily * interlocutory * interlocutress * interlocutrice * interlocutrix

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) interlocutoire, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland, legal) A decree of a court.
  • * 1869 , "The Judicial System of Scotland," The American Law Register (1852-1891) , vol. 17, no. 5, p. 257,
    • A decree of the English Court of Chancery is not entitled to more respect in Scotland than a decree (interlocutor ) of the Scottish Court of Session in England.

    contact

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of touching physically; being in close association.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1935, author= George Goodchild
    • , title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=1 , passage=She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.}}
  • The establishment of communication (with).
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=In the old days, […], he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. But he had then none of the oddities and mannerisms which I hold to be inseparable from genius, and which struck my attention in after days when I came in contact with the Celebrity.}}
  • A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.
  • Someone with whom one is in communication.
  • (label) A contact lens.
  • (label) A device designed for repetitive connections.
  • Contact juggling.
  • (mining) The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.
    • (Raymond)

    Derived terms

    * body contact * contact hitter * contactable * eye contact * first contact * golden contact * point of contact / POC

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To touch; to come into physical contact with.
    • The side of the car contacted the pedestrian.
  • To establish communication with something or someone
    • I am trying to contact my sister.