speaker vs teller

teller vs speaker

speaker and teller both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
speaker	Yes	No	No	No
teller	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, teller is a hyponym of speaker; that is, teller is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than speaker:

speaker: someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
teller: someone who tells a story

Other hyponyms of speaker include alliterator, caller-up, caller, phoner, telephoner, babbler, chatterbox, chatterer, magpie, prater, spouter, conversationalist, conversationist, schmoozer, dictator, drawler, driveller, jabberer, ejaculator, growler, asker, enquirer, inquirer, querier, questioner, lecturer, lisper, mentioner, motormouth, mumbler, murmurer, mutterer, narrator, storyteller, orator, public speaker, rhetorician, speechifier, speechmaker, prattler, ranter, raver, reciter, native speaker, stammerer, stutterer, stentor, talking head, venter, vociferator, voicer, wailer, whisperer, informant, witness, witnesser.

speaker (noun)	teller (noun)
electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance	an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money
someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)	an official appointed to count the votes (especially in legislative assembly)
	someone who tells a story

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