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Speaker vs Speaking - What's the difference?

speaker | speaking |

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

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who speaks.
  • A native English speaker .
  • 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.
  • The company hired a motivational speaker to boost morale.
  • (US) A book containing passages of text for use in speeches.
  • (linguistics) The producer of a given utterance, whether actually spoken or not.
  • Anagrams

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    speaking

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Used in speaking.
  • one's normal speaking voice
  • Expressive; eloquent.
  • The sight was more speaking than any speech could be.
  • Involving speaking.
  • It was her first speaking part: she screamed.
  • Having the ability of speech.
  • speaking parrot''; ''speaking clock
  • # (in compounds) Having competence in a language.
  • 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) nonspeaking

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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)
  • Sometimes, a brawl would erupt, as a result, but, in general, public speakings were peaceful events and essential ingredients for election to office.
  • An oral recitation of e.g. a story.
  • Verb

    (head)
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