Listening vs Silence - 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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The lack of any sound.
The act of refraining from speaking.
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Form of meditative worship practiced by the Society of Friends (Quakers); meeting for worship.
To make (someone or something) silent.
To suppress criticism, etc.
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(Molecular biology) To block gene expression.
A common imperative instructing the addressed to remain silent.
* Silence ! Enough of your insolence!
As nouns the difference between listening and silence
is that listening is action of the verb listening while silence is the lack of any sound.As verbs the difference between listening and silence
is that listening is while silence is to make (someone or something) silent.As an adjective listening
is of something or someone that listens.As an interjection silence is
a common imperative instructing the addressed to remain silent.listening
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
* *silence
English
Noun
(wikipedia silence) (en-noun)- The administration itself keeps a profound silence .
Synonyms
* quietnessDerived terms
* blue wall of silence * cone of silence * conspiracy of silence * deafening silence * moment of silence * radio silence * silence is golden * tower of silence * two-minute silence * vow of silence * wall of silenceVerb
(silenc)- Can you silence the crowd, so we can start the show?
- Silence the critics.
- Silence the doubters.
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