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Mic vs Speaker - What's the difference?

mic | speaker |

As an initialism mic

is minor in consumption (of alcohol).

As an abbreviation mic

is , a state of mexico.

As a noun speaker is

one who speaks.

mic

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Microphone.
  • * 1987 , ,
    • Picture a mic , the stage is empty
    A beat like this might tempt me
    To pose, show my rings and my fat gold chain
    Grab the mic like I'm on Soul Train

    Synonyms

    * mike

    Verb

  • (transitive, and, intransitive, music, sound engineering) To put one or more microphones on or in; to use or place a microphone.
    • If we add the drum kit, we'll have to mic the orchestra.
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    • References

    * 2010 , “ On Language: How Should ‘Microphone’ be Abbreviated?”, in New York Times , July 29. English irregular verbs ----

    speaker

    English

    (wikipedia speaker)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who speaks.
    • A native English speaker .
  • Loudspeaker.
  • (politics) The chair or presiding officer of certain legislative bodies, such as the U.K. House of Commons or the U.S. House of Representatives.
  • One who makes a speech to an audience.
    • The company hired a motivational speaker to boost morale.
  • (US) A book containing passages of text for use in speeches.
  • (linguistics) The producer of a given utterance, whether actually spoken or not.

    • External links

    * Link to web page on Speaker of the House of Commons (3)

    Anagrams

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