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Speech vs Oratory - What's the difference?

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In uncountable terms the difference between speech and oratory

is that speech is the faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the ability to speak or to use vocalizations to communicate while oratory is eloquence; the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing.

In countable terms the difference between speech and oratory

is that speech is a session of speaking; a long oral message given publicly usually by one person while oratory is a large Roman Catholic church.

speech

English

Noun

(wikipedia speech)
  • (label) The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the ability to speak or to use vocalizations to communicate.
  • * , chapter=12
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech . In the present connexion […] such talk had been distressingly out of place.}}
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  • (label) A session of speaking; a long oral message given publicly usually by one person.
  • * (Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)
    • The constant design of these orators, in all their speeches , was to drive some one particular point.
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  • A style of speaking.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-04-21, volume=411, issue=8884, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Subtle effects , passage=Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.}}
  • A dialect or language.
  • * Bible, (w) iii. 6
    • people of a strange speech
  • Talk; mention; rumour.
  • * (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
    • The dukedid of me demand / What was the speech among the Londoners / Concerning the French journey.

    Derived terms

    * after-dinner speech * byspeech * figure of speech * pressure of speech * pressured speech * speech recognition * speechwriter

    Related terms

    * speak

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    oratory

    English

    (wikipedia oratory)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (-)
  • (uncountable) The art of public speaking, especially in a formal, expressive, or forceful manner.
  • (uncountable) Eloquence; the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing.
    • Synonyms
    * (art of public speaking) public speaking

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) oratorie, (etyl) oratoire, and their source, (etyl) .

    Noun

    (oratories)
  • (countable) A private chapel.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
    • Do not omit thy prayers for want of a good oratory , or place to pray in.
  • (countable) A large Roman Catholic church.