Vocal vs Bocal - What's the difference?
vocal | bocal |
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.
As nouns the difference between vocal and bocal
is that vocal is 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 nonvocalbocal is a curved, tapered metal tube which connects the reed of several double reed woodwind instruments (such as the cor anglais, bassoon, and contrabassoon) to the rest of the instrument.As an adjective vocal
is of or pertaining to the voice or speech; having voice; endowed with utterance; full of voice, or voices.vocal
English
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.