Speaking vs Speaks - What's the difference?
speaking | speaks |
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.
(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.
As verbs the difference between speaking and speaks
is that speaking is present participle of lang=en while speaks is third-person singular of speak.As an adjective speaking
is used in speaking.As a noun speaking
is one's ability to communicate vocally in a given language.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.
Verb
(head)Statistics
*speaks
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