Mouth vs Question - What's the difference?
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(anatomy) The opening of a creature through which food is ingested.
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, title= The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water.
An outlet, aperture or orifice.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=1 (slang) A loud or overly talkative person.
(saddlery) The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.
(obsolete) A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece.
* Addison
(obsolete) Cry; voice.
(obsolete) Speech; language; testimony.
* Bible, Matt. xviii. 16
(obsolete) A wry face; a grimace; a mow.
* Shakespeare
To speak; to utter.
* Hare
To make the actions of speech, without producing sound.
To pick up or handle with the lips or mouth, but not chew or swallow.
(obsolete) To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.
(obsolete) To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear licks her cub.
(obsolete) To make mouths at.
A sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response; an interrogative.
* , chapter=4
, title= A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.
A doubt or challenge about the truth or accuracy of a matter.
* Bible, John iii. 25
* Francis Bacon
A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation.
interrogation by torture
* Macaulay
(obsolete) Talk; conversation; speech.
To ask questions of; interrogate; enquire; ask for information.
* Francis Bacon
To raise doubts about; have doubts about.
(obsolete) To argue; to converse; to dispute.
* Shakespeare
In obsolete terms the difference between mouth and question
is that mouth is to make mouths at while question is to argue; to converse; to dispute.As nouns the difference between mouth and question
is that mouth is the opening of a creature through which food is ingested while question is a sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response; an interrogative.As verbs the difference between mouth and question
is that mouth is to speak; to utter while question is to ask questions of; interrogate; enquire; ask for information.mouth
English
(wikipedia mouth)Noun
(en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs.
citation, passage=‘It was called the wickedest street in London and the entrance was just here. I imagine the mouth of the road lay between this lamp standard and the second from the next down there.’}}
- Every coffeehouse has some particular statesman belonging to it, who is the mouth of the street where he lives.
- (Dryden)
- that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established
- Counterfeit sad looks, / Make mouths upon me when I turn my back.
Synonyms
* See alsoVerb
(en verb)- He mouthed his opinions on the subject at the meeting.
- mouthing big phrases
- The prompter mouthed the words to the actor, who had forgotten them.
- The fish mouthed the lure, but didn't bite.
- (Dryden)
- (Sir Thomas Browne)
Derived terms
(mouth) * a closed mouth gathers no feet * all mouth and pants/trousers]], all mouth and no pants/[[all mouth and no trousers, trousers, all mouth * ass-to-mouth/ATM * badmouth * bad taste in one's mouth * bellmouth * big mouth * blabbermouth * born with a silver spoon in one's mouth * broadmouth * cottonmouth * dirty mouth * don't look a gift horse in the mouth * down in the mouth * dragon's mouth * dry mouth * fishmouth * flannelmouth * flutemouth * foam at the mouth * foot-and-mouth/foot and mouth * frogmouth * froth at the mouth * goalmouth * guttermouth * headmouth * hand-foot-and-mouth disease * hand-to-mouth * horse's mouth * keep one's mouth shut * largemouth * loudmouth/loud-mouth, loudmouthed/loud-mouthed * motor mouth * mouth bow * mouth-breather * mouthbreathing * mouthbrooder * mouthed/-mouthed * mouther * mouthfeel * mouth-footed * mouth harp * mouth-made * mouth of a sailor * mouth mirror * mouthful * mouthguard * mouthless * mouthlike * mouthly * mouth music * mouth off * mouth organ * mouthpart * mouthpiece * mouth-to-mouth * mouthwash * mouthwatering/mouth-watering * mouthy * out of the mouths of babes * pipemouth * poormouth * potty mouth * put one's foot in one's mouth * put one's money where one's mouth is * put words in somebody's mouth * redmouth * river mouth * run off at the mouth * saltmouth * scabby mouth * sea mouth * shoot off at the mouth * shoot one's mouth off * shut one's mouth * smallmouth * smash-mouth/smashmouth * straight from the horse's mouth * suckermouth * trench mouth * warmouth * wash your mouth out * watch your mouth * word of mouth * wrymouthSee also
* orificequestion
English
(wikipedia question)Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions' during my yarn, but every ' question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.}}
- The story is true beyond question .
- He obeyed without question .
- There arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.
- It is to be to question , whether it be lawful for Christian princes to make an invasive war simply for the propagation of the faith.
- The Scottish privy council had power to put state prisoners to the question .
- Made she no verbal question ? Shakespeare King Lear ca. 1606
Synonyms
* inquiry, enquiry, query, subject, topic, problem, issue, consideration, interrogation, doubt, motion, proposition, proposalDerived terms
* a question of * begging the question * beyond question * bonus question * call into question * chicken-or-egg question * closed-ended question * cross-question * essay question * federal question * in question * indirect question * frequently asked questions/FAQ * leading question * loaded question * multiple-choice question * no questions asked * open question * open-ended question * out of the question * pop the question * previous question * questionable * questionist * questionless * questionnaire * question mark * question-master * question sheet * question time * reverse question * rhetorical question * scaled question * tag question * toss-up question * West Lothian question * yes-no questionVerb
- He that questioneth much shall learn much.
- I pray you, think you question with the Jew.