different between speech vs aphorism
speech
English
Alternative forms
- speach (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English speche, from Old English sp??, spr?? (“speech, discourse, language”), from Proto-Germanic *spr?kij?, *spr?k? (“speech, language”), from Proto-Indo-European *spereg-, *spreg- (“to make a sound”). Cognate with Dutch spraak (“speech”), German Sprache (“language, speech”). More at speak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?spi?t?/
- Rhymes: -i?t?
Noun
speech (countable and uncountable, plural speeches)
- (uncountable) The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the ability to speak or to use vocalizations to communicate.
- (countable) A session of speaking, especially a long oral message given publicly by one person.
- Synonyms: monologue, oration, soliloquy
- 1720, Jonathan Swift, A Letter to a Young Clergyman
- The constant design of both these orators, in all their speeches, was to drive some one particular point.
- A style of speaking.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:speech
- (grammar) Speech reported in writing; see direct speech, reported speech
- A dialect or language.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:language
- Talk; mention; rumour.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- speak
Translations
Verb
speech (third-person singular simple present speeches, present participle speeching, simple past and past participle speeched)
- (transitive, intransitive) To make a speech; to harangue.
- 1711, Jonathan Swift, An Excellent New Song
- I'll speech against peace while Dismal's my name, / And be a true whig, while I'm Not-in-game.
- 1711, Jonathan Swift, An Excellent New Song
Derived terms
- bespeech
Anagrams
- cheeps
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English speech.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spit?/
Noun
speech m (plural speechen or speeches, diminutive speechje n)
- speech, oration (oral monologic address of some length)
- redevoering (“toespraak”)
Derived terms
- speechen
Anagrams
- scheep
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spit?/
Noun
speech m (plural speechs)
- An informal speech
Synonyms
- allocution
speech From the web:
- what speech is protected by the first amendment
- what speech is not protected
- what speech therapist do
- what speechless mean
- what speech sounds develop at what ages
- what speech impediment do i have
- what speeches did mlk give
- what speech did dwight give
aphorism
English
Etymology
From Middle French aphorisme, from Late Latin aphorismus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (aphorismós, “pithy phrase containing a general truth”), from ??????? (aphoríz?, “I define, mark off or determine”), from ??? (apó, “off”) + ????? (horíz?, “I divide, bound”), from ???? (hóros, “boundary”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æ.f?.??zm?/
Noun
aphorism (plural aphorisms)
- A concise, terse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth or principle.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:saying
Related terms
- aphorist
- aphoristic
Translations
See also
- adage
- apophthegm
- maxim
- Category:English aphorisms
Verb
aphorism (third-person singular simple present aphorisms, present participle aphorisming, simple past and past participle aphorismed)
- To speak or write aphorisms.
Further reading
- aphorism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- aphorism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- aphorism in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- aphorism at OneLook Dictionary Search
aphorism From the web:
- what aphorism means
- aphorism what does it mean
- aphorism what are they
- what is aphorism in literature
- what is aphorism and examples
- what is aphorism in homeopathy
- what does aphorism mean in english
- what does aphorism mean in the bible
you may also like
- speech vs aphorism
- utilisation vs employing
- ill-humored vs irritable
- gap vs quarrel
- promote vs unravel
- authority vs restraint
- task vs painstaking
- creating vs shaping
- fleet vs snappily
- clownish vs illiterate
- produce vs work
- obliterate vs demolish
- mother vs procreator
- keen vs lively
- artless vs unskillful
- work vs movement
- pain vs harass
- inclose vs embarrass
- trip vs straggle
- pinch vs crowd