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speaking vs speech

speech vs speaking

speaking and speech both are nouns.

speaking is an adjective but speech is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
speaking Yes Yes No No
speech Yes No No No
As nouns, speech is a hypernym of speaking; that is, speech is a word with a broader meaning than speaking:
  • speaking: delivering an address to a public audience
  • speech: the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
Other hypernyms of speaking include address.
As nouns, speech is a hyponym of speaking; that is, speech is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than speaking:
  • speaking: the utterance of intelligible speech
  • speech: the exchange of spoken words
Other hyponyms of speaking include susurration, voicelessness, whisper, whispering, voicelessness.
speaking (noun) speech (noun)
delivering an address to a public audience the mental faculty or power of vocal communication
the utterance of intelligible speech (language) communication by word of mouth
the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
words making up the dialogue of a play
a lengthy rebuke
the exchange of spoken words
your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally
something spoken
speaking (adjective) speech (adjective)
capable of or involving speech or speaking
capable of speech
Difference between speaking and speech

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