Orate vs Prate - What's the difference?
orate | prate |
To speak formally; to give a speech.
To speak passionately; to preach for or against something.
To talk much and to little purpose; to chatter; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly; to babble.
* Dryden
As verbs the difference between orate and prate
is that orate is to speak formally; to give a speech while prate is to talk much and to little purpose; to chatter; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly; to babble.As an adjective orate
is competent in oracy; having good speaking skills.As a noun prate is
talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity.orate
English
Verb
Synonyms
* (to speak formally) speak * (to speak passionately) harangue, preachAnagrams
* * ----prate
English
Derived terms
* prater * pratingly * prattle * prattlerVerb
(prat)- What nonsense would the fool, thy master, prate , / When thou, his knave, canst talk at such a rate!