Conversation vs. Dialogue

Conversationnoun

(obsolete) Interaction; commerce or intercourse with other people; dealing with others.

Conversationnoun

(archaic) Behaviour, the way one conducts oneself; a person's way of life.

Conversationnoun

(obsolete) Sexual intercourse.

Conversationnoun

(obsolete) Engagement with a specific subject, idea, field of study etc.; understanding, familiarity.

Conversationnoun

Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking.

Conversationnoun

(fencing) The back-and-forth play of the blades in a bout.

Conversationnoun

(computing) The protocol-based interaction between systems processing a transaction.

Conversationverb

To engage in conversation (with).

Conversationnoun

General course of conduct; behavior.

Conversationnoun

Familiar intercourse; intimate fellowship or association; close acquaintance.

Conversationnoun

Commerce; intercourse; traffic.

Conversationnoun

Colloquial discourse; oral interchange of sentiments and observations; informal dialogue.

Conversationnoun

Sexual intercourse; as, criminal conversation.

Conversationnoun

the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.

Conversationnoun

a talk, especially an informal one, between two or more people, in which news and ideas are exchanged

Conversation

Conversation is interactive communication between two or more people. The development of conversational skills and etiquette is an important part of socialization.

Dialoguenoun

A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.

Dialoguenoun

(authorship) In a dramatic or literary presentation, the verbal parts of the script or text; the verbalizations of the actors or characters.

Dialoguenoun

(philosophy) A literary form, where the presentation resembles a conversation.

Dialoguenoun

(computing) A dialogue box.

Dialogueverb

To discuss or negotiate so that all parties can reach an understanding.

Dialogueverb

(obsolete) To take part in a dialogue; to dialogize.

Dialoguenoun

A conversation between two or more persons; particularly, a formal conservation in theatrical performances or in scholastic exercises.

Dialoguenoun

A written composition in which two or more persons are represented as conversing or reasoning on some topic; as, the Dialogues of Plato.

Dialogueverb

To take part in a dialogue; to dialogize.

Dialogueverb

To express as in dialogue.

Dialoguenoun

a conversation between two persons

Dialoguenoun

the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction

Dialoguenoun

a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people;

Dialoguenoun

a discussion intended to produce an agreement;

Dialogue

Dialogue (sometimes spelled dialog in American English) is a written or spoken conversational exchange between two or more people, and a literary and theatrical form that depicts such an exchange. As a philosophical or didactic device, it is chiefly associated in the West with the Socratic dialogue as developed by Plato, but antecedents are also found in other traditions including Indian literature.