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Monology vs Monolog - What's the difference?

monology | monolog |

As nouns the difference between monology and monolog

is that monology is the habit of soliloquizing]], or of [[monopolize|monopolizing conversation while monolog is monologue (a long speech by one person).

monology

English

Noun

  • The habit of soliloquizing]], or of [[monopolize, monopolizing conversation.
    • It was not by an insolent usurpation that Coleridge persisted in monology through his whole life. — De Quincey.
  • * Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
    • Miriam would only speed up in her speech when she 'forgot' the presence of others, when she was, as it were, enveloped in monology .
    (Webster 1913)

    monolog

    English

    Alternative forms

    * monologue

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US)

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (US)
  • * 2009 , Douglas Estes, SimChurch: Being the Church in the Virtual World :
    • Instead of simply being broadcast to or monologed at, denizens of the virtual world are creating conversations and “hive minds” that produce truly collaborative experiences.
  • * 1980 , Charles H. Kraft, Communicating the Gospel God's way :
    • I'm really impressed with how little Jesus monologed .
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