Dialogue vs. Soliloquy

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.

Soliloquynoun

(drama) The act of a character speaking to themselves so as to reveal their thoughts to the audience.

Soliloquynoun

(authorship) A speech or written discourse in this form.

Soliloquyverb

To issue a soliloquy.

Soliloquynoun

The act of talking to one's self; a discourse made by one in solitude to one's self; monologue.

Soliloquynoun

A written composition, reciting what it is supposed a person says to himself.

Soliloquynoun

speech you make to yourself

Soliloquynoun

a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections

Soliloquynoun

an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play

Soliloquynoun

a part of a play involving a soliloquy

Soliloquy

A soliloquy (, from Latin solo + loquor , plural soliloquies) is a monologue addressed to oneself, thoughts spoken out loud without addressing another.Soliloquies are used as a device in drama to let a character make their thoughts known to the audience, address it directly or take it into their confidence. English Renaissance drama used soliloquies to great effect, such as in the soliloquy , the centerpiece of Shakespeare's Hamlet.