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Lecture vs Communication - What's the difference?

lecture | communication |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between lecture and communication

is that lecture is (obsolete) the act of reading while communication is (obsolete) association; company.

As nouns the difference between lecture and communication

is that lecture is (senseid) a spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group while communication is the act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.

As a verb lecture

is (senseid)(ambitransitive) to teach (somebody) by giving a speech on a given topic.

lecture

Noun

(en noun)
  • (senseid) A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture , with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.}}
  • A berating or scolding.
  • (obsolete) The act of reading.
  • Verb

    (lectur)
  • (senseid)(ambitransitive) To teach (somebody) by giving a speech on a given topic.
  • To preach, to berate, to scold.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Gary Younge)
  • , volume=188, issue=26, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution , passage=The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.}}

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    Derived terms

    * lecturer

    communication

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia communication) (en noun)
  • The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.
  • communication of smallpox
    communication of a secret
  • (uncountable) The concept or state of exchanging data or information between entities.
  • Some say that communication is a necessary prerequisite for sentience; others say that it is a result thereof.
    The node had established communication with the network, but had as yet sent no data.
  • A message; the essential data transferred in an act of communication.
  • Surveillance was accomplished by means of intercepting the spies' communications .
  • The body of all data transferred to one or both parties during an act of communication.
  • The subpoena required that the company document their communication with the plaintiff.
  • An instance of information transfer; a conversation or discourse.
  • The professors' communications consisted of lively discussions via email.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Argument and friendly communication .
  • A passageway or opening between two locations; connection.
  • A round archway at the far end of the hallway provided communication to the main chamber.
  • * Arbuthnot
  • The Euxine Sea is conveniently situated for trade, by the communication it has both with Asia and Europe.
  • (anatomy) A connection between two tissues, organs, or cavities.
  • * 1855, William Stokes, The Diseases of the Heart and the Aorta Page 617
  • ...and here a free communication had been established between the aorta and the vena cava.
  • (obsolete) association; company
  • * Bible, 1 Corinthians xv. 33
  • Evil communications corrupt manners.
  • Participation in the Lord's supper.
  • (Bishop Pearson)
  • (rhetoric) A trope by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says "we" instead of "I" or "you".
  • (Beattie)

    Derived terms

    * anticommunication * communication disorder * communication engineering * communications satellite * confidential communication * excommunication * miscommunication * noncommunication * privileged communication * telecommunication ----