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native speaker vs speaker

speaker vs native speaker

native speaker and speaker both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
native speaker Yes No No No
speaker Yes No No No
As nouns, speaker is a hypernym of native speaker; that is, speaker is a word with a broader meaning than native speaker:
  • native speaker: a speaker of a particular language who has spoken that language since earliest childhood
  • speaker: someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
Other hypernyms of native speaker include talker, utterer, verbaliser, verbalizer.
native speaker (noun) speaker (noun)
a speaker of a particular language who has spoken that language since earliest childhood electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance
someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
Difference between native speaker and speaker

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