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Pronunciation vs Pronouncement - What's the difference?

pronunciation | pronouncement |

As nouns the difference between pronunciation and pronouncement

is that pronunciation is the standard way in which a word is made to sound when spoken while pronouncement is an announcement.

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 * ----

    pronouncement

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An announcement.
    • The trial concluded with the pronouncement of a guilty verdict.
  • * July 18 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/]
  • *:Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment.