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As nouns the difference between voice and microphone

is that voice is sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; steven; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character; as, the human voice'; a pleasant '''voice'''; a low ' voice while microphone is microphone.

As a verb voice

is to give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce; to divulge; as, to voice the sentiments of the nation.

voice

English

(wikipedia voice)

Alternative forms

* (l) (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; steven; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character; as, the human voice'; a pleasant '''voice'''; a low ' voice .
    • He with a manly voice saith his message. — (Geoffrey Chaucer)
    Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low; an excellent thing in woman. — Shakespeare, King Lear, V-iii
    Thy voice is music. — Shakespeare, Henry V, V-ii
    Join thy voice unto the angel choir. — (John Milton)
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=April 10 , author=Alistair Magowan , title=Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Villa chief executive Paul Faulkner had backed manager Houllier during the week and asked for the fans to get behind their team as they looked to steer themselves away from the relegation zone.
    To that end, the home supporters were in good voice to begin with, but it was Newcastle who started the game in the ascendancy, with Barton putting a diving header over the top from Jose Enrique's cross.}}
  • (phonetics) Sound of the kind or quality heard in speech or song in the consonants b'', ''v'', ''d'', etc., and in the vowels; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in (f), (s), ''sh'', etc., and also ''whisper .
  • The tone or sound emitted by anything
    • After the fire a still small voice . — 1 Kings 19:12
    Canst thou thunder with a voice like him? — Job 40:9
    The floods have lifted up their voice . — ''Psalms 93:3
    O Marcus, I am warm’d; my heart Leaps at the trumpet’s voice . — (Joseph Addison)
  • The faculty or power of utterance; as, to cultivate the voice
  • Language; words; speech; expression; signification of feeling or opinion
    • I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice ; for I stand in doubt of you. — ''Galatians 4:20
    My voice is in my sword. — Shakespeare, Macbeth, V-vii
    Let us call on God in the voice of his church. —
  • Opinion or choice expressed; judgment; a vote.
    • Sicinius''. How now, my masters! have you chose this man? / ''1st Citizen''. He has our voices , sir. — Shakespeare, ''Coriolanus, II-iii
    Some laws ordain, and some attend the choice / Of holy senates, and elect by voice . — (John Dryden)
  • Command; precept; — now chiefly used in scriptural language.
    • So shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God. — Deuteronomy 8:20
  • One who speaks; a speaker.
    • A potent voice of Parliament. — (Alfred Tennyson)
  • (grammar) A particular mode of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.
  • (music) In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.
    • The theme of this piece constantly migrates between the three voice parts.
  • (Internet, IRC) A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether or not they can send messages to the channel.

    • Synonyms

    * (sound of human speech) (l), (l) * (opinion) (l), (l), (l)

    Derived terms

    * active voice * chest voice * devoice * head voice * middle voice * passive voice * tone of voice * voiced stop * voice glide * voice of the toothless one * voice recognition * with one voice

    Verb

    (voic)
  • To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce; to divulge; as, to voice the sentiments of the nation.
    • Rather assume thy right in silence and . . . then voice it with claims and challenges. —
    It was voiced that the king purposed to put to death Edward Plantagenet. —
  • (phonology) To utter with sonant or vocal tone; to pronounce with a narrowed glottis and rapid vibrations of the vocal cords; to speak above a whisper.
  • To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of; as, to voice the pipes of an organ.
  • (obsolete) To vote; to elect; to appoint — Shakespeare
  • (obsolete) To clamor; to cry out, to steven — South
  • (Internet) To assign the voice flag to a user on IRC, permitting them to send messages to the channel.
  • (television, film) To act as a voice actor to portray a character.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 26 , author=Tasha Robinson , title=Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits : , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=The openly ridiculous plot has The Pirate Captain (Hugh Grant) scheming to win the Pirate Of The Year competition, even though he’s a terrible pirate, far outclassed by rivals voiced by Jeremy Piven and Salma Hayek.}}

    Related terms

    * vocable * vocabulary * vocal * vocalization * vocalize * vocation 1000 English basic words

    microphone

    English

    (wikipedia microphone)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A device (transducer) used to convert sound waves into a varying electric current; normally fed into an amplifier and either recorded or broadcast.
  • * 1965 : Charles McDowell, Campaign Fever: The National Folk Festival, from New Hampshire to November, 1964 , page 11 (Morrow)
    • Behind the tangled garden of microphones that had sprouted on the lectern, Goldwater spoke softly and casually about his family.
  • * 1967 : Roderick MacLeish, The Sun Stood Still , page 41 (Atheneum)
    • Above them, speaking over a steel garden of microphones , the agitator sweated and scowled out into the darkening street.
  • * 2002 : Laura Lippman, In a Strange City , page 71 (HarperCollins; ISBN 0380810239, 9780380810239)
    • […] between the huge Depression-era horses on the plaza opposite City Hall — and Rainer was completely focused on them as they moved toward the podium and the little garden of microphones that had sprouted there. The Hilliards walked stiffly, as if they had been in a car accident.
  • * 2005 : Tom Stanton, Hank Aaron and the Home Run That Changed America , page 177 (HarperCollins; ISBN 0060722908, 9780060722906)
    • Aaron perched himself on a wooden folding chair behind a garden of microphones and beamed as he answered questions. Sure, he was disappointed.
  • * 2006 : Tim Miller and Glen Johnson, 1001 Beds: Performances, Essays, and Travels , page 109] ([http://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/4283.htm University of Wisconsin Press; ISBN 9780299216900, 9780299216948)
    • Walking back down the marble stairs, which now felt more like I was leaving Principal Lambas’s office than the Forum in Rome, Holly, Karen, and I made our way to a garden of microphones for the press conference. I was dreading having to say something.
  • * 2009 : Caroline B. Cooney, If the Witness Lied , page 53 (Random House Children’s Books; ISBN 0385734484, 9780385734486)
    • […] garden of microphones , which stuck up like metal flowers in her face.

    Usage notes

    * The collective noun for several microphones (such as can be observed at a press conference) is (term).

    Synonyms

    * (transducer of sound waves to electricity) mic, mike

    Verb

    (microphon)
  • To put one or more on or in.

    • Synonyms

    * mike, mike up, bug (if covert), wire up

    Anagrams

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