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Terms vs Speechifies - What's the difference?

terms | speechifies |

As a noun terms

is .

As a verb speechifies is

(speechify).

terms

English

Noun

(head)

    • Statistics

    * ----

    speechifies

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (speechify)

    • speechify

    English

    Verb

  • To give a speech; to hold forth, to pronounce at length.
  • *
    • Caleb was a powerful man and knew little of any fear except the fear of hurting others and the fear of having to speechify .
  • * 1985 , (Lawrence Durrell), Quinx'', Faber & Faber 2004 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 1351:
    • He never missed a chance of speechifying in public.
  • To make speeches to (someone); to address in a speech.
  • * 1864 , (Charles Dickens), "Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy," ch. 2:
    • They take their little enjoyments on little means and with little things and don't let solemn big-wigs stare them out of countenance or speechify them dull.

    Derived terms

    * speechifying