Pronounce vs Vocal - What's the difference?
pronounce | vocal |
To formally declare, officially or ceremoniously.
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, title= To pass judgment.
To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.
* 1869 , (Mark Twain), The Innocents Abroad , page 182:
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To produce the components of speech.
To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.
To read aloud.
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 a verb pronounce
is to formally declare, officially or ceremoniously.As a noun vocal is
vowel.As an adjective vocal is
.pronounce
English
Verb
(pronounc)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced . The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.}}
- They spell it "Vinci" and pronounce' it "Vinchy". Foreigners always spell better than they ' pronounce .
Derived terms
* pronounceable * pronounced * pronouncer * pronouncingvocal
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.