Speaker vs Chairman - What's the difference?
speaker | chairman |
One who speaks.
Loudspeaker.
(politics) The chair or presiding officer of certain legislative bodies, such as the U.K. House of Commons or the U.S. House of Representatives.
One who makes a speech to an audience.
(US) A book containing passages of text for use in speeches.
(linguistics) The producer of a given utterance, whether actually spoken or not.
A person (implied male) presiding over a meeting.
The head of a corporate or governmental board of directors, a committee, or other formal entity.
(historical) Someone whose job is to carry people in a portable chair, sedan chair, or similar conveyance.
* 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 618:
* 1836 , Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers ?
As nouns the difference between speaker and chairman
is that speaker is one who speaks while chairman is a person (implied male) presiding over a meeting.speaker
English
(wikipedia speaker)Noun
(en noun)- A native English speaker .
- The company hired a motivational speaker to boost morale.
External links
*Link to web page on Speaker of the House of Commons(3)
Anagrams
* ----chairman
English
(wikipedia chairman)Noun
(chairmen)- Mr Western entered; but not before a small wrangling bout had passed between him and his chairmen ; for the fellows, who had taken up their burden at the Hercules Pillars, had conceived no hopes of having any future good customer in the squire [...]
- Mr. Winkle, catching sight of a lady's face at the window of the sedan, turned hastily round, plied the knocker with all his might and main, and called frantically upon the chairman to take the chair away again.
