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Telling vs Talking - What's the difference?

telling | talking |

As verbs the difference between telling and talking

is that telling is while talking is .

As nouns the difference between telling and talking

is that telling is the act of narration while talking is the action of the verb talk .

As an adjective telling

is having force.

telling

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • having force
  • revealing information
  • * '>citation
  • serving to convince

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of narration.
  • The disclosure of information.
  • (archaic) Counting, numbering.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    talking

    English

    Noun

  • The action of the verb talk .
  • * , chapter=10
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking ; just to watch was pleasant.}}
  • * Anthony Trollope, Can You Forgive Her?
    • He did not himself care for the loose little talkings , half flat and half sharp, of men when they meet together in idleness.

    Verb

    (head)