read vs lip-read

lip-read vs read

read is a noun but lip-read is not a noun.

read and lip-read both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
read	Yes	No	Yes	No
lip-read	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, lip-read is a hyponym of read; that is, lip-read is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than read:

read: interpret something that is written or printed
lip-read: interpret by lipreading; of deaf people

Other hyponyms of read include anagram, anagrammatise, anagrammatize, reread, dip into, decipher, trace, skim, skim over, lipread, speech-read.

read (noun)	lip-read (noun)
something that is read

read (verb)	lip-read (verb)
interpret something that is written or printed	interpret by lipreading; of deaf people
look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed
interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior
make sense of a language
be a student of a certain subject
obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources
to hear and understand
interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role
have or contain a certain wording or form

Difference between read and lip-read

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