Vocal vs Audio - What's the difference?
vocal | audio |
Of or pertaining to the voice or speech; having voice; endowed with utterance; full of voice, or voices
* (rfdate) Milton,
Uttered or modulated by the voice; oral; as, vocal' melody; '''vocal''' prayer, ' vocal worship.
Of or pertaining to a vowel or voice sound; also, spoken with tone, intonation, and resonance; sonant; sonorous; -- said of certain articulate sounds
(phonetics) Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v'', ''l'', etc., or by both, as in the nasals (m), (n), ''ng ; sonant; intonated; voiced. See voice, and vowel
(phonetics) Of or pertaining to a vowel; having the character of a vowel; vowel
loud; getting oneself heard.
(phonetics) A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic; -- distinguished from a subvocal', and a ' nonvocal
(Roman Catholic Church) A man who has a right to vote in certain elections.
Of or relating to audible sound.
Of or relating to the broadcasting or reproduction of sound, especially high-fidelity reproduction.
A sound, or a sound signal
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=April 17, author=The New York Times, title=Art in Review, work=New York Times
, passage=Others wryly illustrate appropriated audios , like instructions for quacking like a duck or a letter from an angry airline passenger. }}
As nouns the difference between vocal and audio
is that vocal is vowel while audio is audio.As an adjective vocal
is .vocal
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Adjective
(en adjective)- To hill or valley, fountain, or fresh shade, / Made vocal by my song.
- vocal problems
- a vocal sound
- The protestors were very vocal in their message to the mayor.
Derived terms
* * * * * *Synonyms
* (uttered or modulated by the voice) audible * (getting oneself heard) audible, loudAntonyms
* (uttered or modulated by the voice) inaudible, quiet, silent, voiceless * (getting oneself heard) inaudible, quiet, silentNoun
(en noun)audio
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