Rostrum vs Lecture - What's the difference?
rostrum | lecture |
A dais, pulpit, or similar platform for a speaker, conductor or other performer.
A platform for a film or television camera.
The projecting prow of a rowed warship, such as a trireme.
(zoology) The beak.
(zoology) The beak-shaped projection on the head of insects such as weevils.
(zoology) The snout of a dolphin.
(senseid) A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.
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, passage=The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture , with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.}}
A berating or scolding.
(obsolete) The act of reading.
(senseid)(ambitransitive) To teach (somebody) by giving a speech on a given topic.
To preach, to berate, to scold.
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As nouns the difference between rostrum and lecture
is that rostrum is a dais, pulpit, or similar platform for a speaker, conductor or other performer while lecture is (senseid) a spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.As a verb lecture is
(senseid)(ambitransitive) to teach (somebody) by giving a speech on a given topic.rostrum
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Noun
(en-noun)Derived terms
* rostral * rostrally * rostrate * winners' rostrumlecture
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(wikipedia lecture)Noun
(en noun)Verb
(lectur)Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution, passage=The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.}}