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Elocution vs Pronunciation - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between elocution and pronunciation

is that elocution is the art of public speaking with expert control of gesture and voice, etc while pronunciation is the standard way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.

elocution

English

Noun

(wikipedia elocution)
  • The art of public speaking with expert control of gesture and voice, etc.

    • Related terms

    * elocutionary * elocutionist

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    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 * ----