speech act vs citation

citation vs speech act

speech act and citation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
speech act	Yes	No	No	No
citation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, citation is a hyponym of speech act; that is, citation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than speech act:

speech act: the use of language to perform some act
citation: (law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.)

Other hyponyms of speech act include congratulation, felicitation, slander, proposal, proposition, bid, bidding, command, dictation, agreement, disagreement, offer, offering, asking, request, reply, response, description, affirmation, assertion, statement, denial, rejection, objection, informing, making known, disclosure, revealing, revelation, promise, boast, boasting, jactitation, self-praise, naming, challenge, explanation, denouncement, denunciation, address, speech, resignation.

speech act (noun)	citation (noun)
the use of language to perform some act	an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement
	a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
	a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding
	a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
	(law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.)

Difference between speech act and citation

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