Speaked vs Sneaked - What's the difference?
speaked | sneaked |
(nonstandard) (speak)
To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
* , chapter=13
, title= To have a conversation.
(by extension) To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions.
To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech.
To be able to communicate in a language.
To utter.
* 1611 , (Authorized King James Version) (Bible translation), 9:5:
To communicate (some fact or feeling); to bespeak, to indicate.
* 1851 , (Herman Melville), (Moby-Dick) :
(informal, transitive, sometimes, humorous) To understand (as though it were a language).
To produce a sound; to sound.
* Shakespeare
(archaic) To address; to accost; to speak to.
* Bible, Ecclus. xiii. 6
* Emerson
language, jargon, or terminology used uniquely in a particular environment or group.
(sneak)
* 1986 , , The Grasshopper Trap , p152
* 1992 , , The Pelican Brief , p275
* 1994 , , Lord of Chaos , p235
*:"I sneaked up and listened," Nynaeve said levelly.
As verbs the difference between speaked and sneaked
is that speaked is (nonstandard) (speak) while sneaked is (sneak).speaked
English
Verb
(head)speak
English
(wikipedia speak)Verb
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them.}}
- And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
- There he sat, his very indifference speaking a nature in which there lurked no civilized hypocrisies and bland deceits.
- Make all our trumpets speak .
- [He will] thee in hope; he will speak thee fair.
- Each village senior paused to scan / And speak the lovely caravan.
Synonyms
* articulate, talk, verbalizeDerived terms
* public speaking * speakable * speaker * speakeasy * re-speak * unspeakable phrasal verbs * speak down * speak for * speak out * speak to * speak up idioms * actions speak louder than words * on speaking terms * so to speak * speak for oneself * speak highly of * speak ill of * speak in tongues * speak of the devil * speak one's mind * speak softly and carry a big stick * speak someone's language * speak volumes * speak with one voice * spoken forNoun
(-)- Corporate speak; IT speak
Derived terms
* artspeak * cyberspeak * doublespeak * lawyerspeak * leetspeak * medspeak * Newspeak * weather speakStatistics
*sneaked
English
Verb
(head)- In addition to my sneaked' food, Eddit had ' sneaked a chunk of roast beef, a slice of fried ham, three wieners, some cheese, an onion, several quart jars of fruit, a jar of dill pickles, and a jar of canned rabbit.
- The restaurant opened at six, and he sneaked' down for coffee, then ' sneaked back to his room.