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Oration vs Declaration - What's the difference?

oration | declaration |

As nouns the difference between oration and declaration

is that oration is a formal ceremonial speech while declaration is a written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief.

As a verb oration

is to deliver an oration; to speak.

oration

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a formal ceremonial speech

    • Derived terms

    * oratory

    Related terms

    * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To deliver an oration; to speak.
    • (Donne)

    Anagrams

    *

    declaration

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief.
  • A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.
  • The act or process of declaring.
  • (cricket) The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.
  • (legal) In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff’s cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued.
  • (computing) The specification of a variable's type

    • Quotations

    * 1611 , (King James Version of the Bible), 1:1 *: Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...

    Synonyms

    * (written or oral indication) avowal, notice, statement * (list of items for legal purposes) notice, statement * (act or process of declaring) notice

    See also

    * complaint * statutory * statutory declaration

    External links

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