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talking head vs speaker

speaker vs talking head

talking head and speaker both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
talking head Yes No No No
speaker Yes No No No
As nouns, speaker is a hypernym of talking head; that is, speaker is a word with a broader meaning than talking head:
  • talking head: a talker on television who talks directly into the cameras and whose upper body is all that is shown on the screen
  • speaker: someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
Other hypernyms of talking head include talker, utterer, verbaliser, verbalizer.
talking head (noun) speaker (noun)
a talker on television who talks directly into the cameras and whose upper body is all that is shown on the screen 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 talking head and speaker

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