Listening vs Reading - What's the difference?
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Of something or someone that listens.
Of something that is used in order to hear or to improve the ability to hear.
Of an action that is performed with caution and attention to sounds.
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Action of the verb listening
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, title= Skill or ability of perceiving spoken language.
The process of interpreting written language.
The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.
A value indicated by a measuring device.
A meeting where written material is read aloud.
An interpretation.
One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law.
As nouns the difference between listening and reading
is that listening is action of the verb listeningreading is the process of interpreting written language.As verbs the difference between listening and reading
is that listening is present participle of lang=en while reading is present participle of lang=en.As an adjective listening
is of something or someone that listens.As a proper noun Reading is
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English
Adjective
(-)- Any listening person can tell she's lying.
- He could hear better when he used his listening device.
- The safest cover lay close under the wall of the cañon, and here through the dense thickets Venters made his slow, listening advance toward the oval.
Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.}}
Verb
(head)Derived terms
* listening post * listening stationAnagrams
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English
Verb
(head)Noun
(wikipedia reading)- a speedometer reading .
- a poetry reading .
- a reading of the current situation .