Speaker vs Speaking - What's the difference?
speaker | speaking |
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.
Used in speaking.
Expressive; eloquent.
Involving speaking.
Having the ability of speech.
# (in compounds) Having competence in a language.
One's ability to communicate vocally in a given language.
:I can read and understand mosts texts in German, but my speaking is awful.
The act of communicating vocally.
* 2011 , Jimmie W. Greene, ?Samuel D. Perry, Bridge Builder (page 50)
An oral recitation of e.g. a story.
As nouns the difference between speaker and speaking
is that speaker is one who speaks while speaking is one's ability to communicate vocally in a given language.As an adjective speaking is
used in speaking.As a verb speaking is
.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
* ----speaking
English
(wikipedia speaking)Adjective
(-)- one's normal speaking voice
- The sight was more speaking than any speech could be.
- It was her first speaking part: she screamed.
- speaking parrot''; ''speaking clock
- the English-speaking gentleman gave us directions; I travel in Russian-speaking countries; the French-speaking world listened in to the broadcast
Antonyms
* (expressive) unspeaking * (involving speaking) nonspeakingNoun
(en noun)- Sometimes, a brawl would erupt, as a result, but, in general, public speakings were peaceful events and essential ingredients for election to office.