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Pronunciation vs Dictation - What's the difference?

pronunciation | dictation |

In countable|lang=en terms the difference between pronunciation and dictation

is that pronunciation is (countable) the act of pronouncing or uttering something while dictation is (countable) the act of ordering or commanding.

In uncountable|lang=en terms the difference between pronunciation and dictation

is that pronunciation is (uncountable) the way in which the words of a language are made to sound when speaking while dictation is (uncountable) orders given in an overbearing manner.

As nouns the difference between pronunciation and dictation

is that pronunciation is (countable) the standard way in which a word is made to sound when spoken while dictation is (uncountable) dictating, the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words.

pronunciation

English

(wikipedia pronunciation)

Noun

  • (countable) The standard way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.
    • What is the pronunciation of "hiccough"?
  • (uncountable) The way in which the words of a language are made to sound when speaking.
    • His Italian pronunciation is terrible.
  • (countable) The act of pronouncing or uttering something.
  • * 1831 , Thomas Oughton, ?James Thomas Law, Forms of Ecclesiastical Law (page 62)
    • The second part is the sentence, which is the judge's pronunciation upon a cause depending between two in controversy.

    Derived terms

    * mispronunciation * pronunciation dictionary * pronunciation guide * pronunciation respelling * pronunciational * Received Pronunciation * spelling pronunciation

    See also

    * SAMPA * phoneme * orthoepy * ----

    dictation

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) Dictating, the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words
    • Since I learned shorthand, I can take dictation at eighty words a minute.
  • (countable) An activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down
    • 1908: Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables - We had reading and geography and Canadian history and dictation today.
  • (countable) The act of ordering or commanding
    • 1852:' Lysander Spooner, ''An Essay on the Trial by Jury'' - ...jurors in England have formerly understood it to be their right and duty to judge only according to their consciences, and not to submit to any ' dictation from the court, either as to law or fact.
  • (uncountable) Orders given in an overbearing manner
    • His habit, even with friends, was that of dictation .