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Orally vs Aurally - What's the difference?

orally | aurally |

As adverbs the difference between orally and aurally

is that orally is by mouth while aurally is pertaining to sound or the ear.

orally

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • By mouth.
    • This medicine is taken orally . Swallowing a pill sure beats getting a shot every day.
  • Spoken as opposed to written.
    • I took the make up test orally because my arm is still in a cast.

    aurally

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Pertaining to sound or the ear.
    • While the flashy special effects were nice, the movie was aurally jarring, loud and displeasing in general to the ear.

    Coordinate terms

    * tactilely * visually