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Stutter vs Palilalia - What's the difference?

stutter | palilalia |

As nouns the difference between stutter and palilalia

is that stutter is a speech disorder characterised by stuttering while palilalia is a complex tic comprising the repetition or echoing of one's own spoken words, which may sound like stuttering.

As a verb stutter

is to speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds.

stutter

Verb

(en verb)
  • (ambitransitive) To speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds.
  • He stuttered a few words of thanks.
  • To exhaust a gas with difficulty
  • The engine of the old car stuttered''' going up the slope. I was '''stuttering after the marathon .

    Synonyms

    * (speak with spasmodic repetition) stammer

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A speech disorder characterised by stuttering.
  • (obsolete) One who stutters; a stammerer.
  • (Francis Bacon)

    Synonyms

    * stammer

    Derived terms

    * covert stutter * pseudostuttering * stutterer English reporting verbs

    palilalia

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (clinical psychology) A complex tic comprising the repetition or echoing of one's own spoken words, which may sound like stuttering.
  • See also

    * echolalia