Language vs. Speech

Languagenoun

(countable) A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.

Languagenoun

(uncountable) The ability to communicate using words.

Languagenoun

(uncountable) The vocabulary and usage of a particular specialist field.

Languagenoun

The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way.

Languagenoun

A body of sounds, signs and/or signals by which animals communicate, and by which plants are sometimes also thought to communicate.

Languagenoun

A computer language; a machine language.

Languagenoun

(uncountable) Manner of expression.

Languagenoun

(uncountable) The particular words used in a speech or a passage of text.

Languagenoun

(uncountable) Profanity.

Languagenoun

A languet, a flat plate in or below the flue pipe of an organ.

Languageverb

To communicate by language; to express in language.

Languagenoun

Any means of conveying or communicating ideas;

Languagenoun

The expression of ideas by writing, or any other instrumentality.

Languagenoun

The forms of speech, or the methods of expressing ideas, peculiar to a particular nation.

Languagenoun

The characteristic mode of arranging words, peculiar to an individual speaker or writer; manner of expression; style.

Languagenoun

The inarticulate sounds by which animals inferior to man express their feelings or their wants.

Languagenoun

The suggestion, by objects, actions, or conditions, of ideas associated therewith; as, the language of flowers.

Languagenoun

The vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or department of knowledge; as, medical language; the language of chemistry or theology.

Languagenoun

A race, as distinguished by its speech.

Languagenoun

Any system of symbols created for the purpose of communicating ideas, emotions, commands, etc., between sentient agents.

Languagenoun

Any set of symbols and the rules for combining them which are used to specify to a computer the actions that it is to take; also referred to as a computer lanugage or programming language; as, JAVA is a new and flexible high-level language which has achieved popularity very rapidly.

Languageverb

To communicate by language; to express in language.

Languagenoun

a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols;

Languagenoun

(language) communication by word of mouth;

Languagenoun

a system of words used in a particular discipline;

Languagenoun

the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication;

Languagenoun

the mental faculty or power of vocal communication;

Languagenoun

the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number;

Language

A language is a structured system of communication used by humans, based on speech and gesture (spoken language), sign, or often writing. The structure of language is its grammar and the free components are its vocabulary.

Speechnoun

(uncountable) The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the ability to speak or to use vocalizations to communicate.

Speechnoun

(countable) A session of speaking; a long oral message given publicly usually by one person.

Speechnoun

A style of speaking.

Speechnoun

(grammar) Speech reported in writing; see direct speech, reported speech

Speechnoun

A dialect or language.

Speechnoun

Talk; mention; rumour.

Speechverb

To make a speech; to harangue.

Speechnoun

The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.

Speechnoun

he act of speaking; that which is spoken; words, as expressing ideas; language; conversation.

Speechnoun

A particular language, as distinct from others; a tongue; a dialect.

Speechnoun

Talk; mention; common saying.

Speechnoun

formal discourse in public; oration; harangue.

Speechnoun

ny declaration of thoughts.

Speechverb

To make a speech; to harangue.

Speechnoun

the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience;

Speechnoun

(language) communication by word of mouth;

Speechnoun

something spoken;

Speechnoun

the exchange of spoken words;

Speechnoun

your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally;

Speechnoun

a lengthy rebuke;

Speechnoun

words making up the dialogue of a play;

Speechnoun

the mental faculty or power of vocal communication;

Speechnoun

the expression of or the ability to express thoughts and feelings by articulate sounds

Speechnoun

a person's style of speaking

Speechnoun

a formal address or discourse delivered to an audience

Speechnoun

a sequence of lines written for one character in a play

Speech

Speech is human vocal communication using language. Each language uses phonetic combinations of vowel and consonant sounds that form the sound of its words (that is, all English words sound different from all French words, even if they are the same word, e.g., or ), and using those words in their semantic character as words in the lexicon of a language according to the syntactic constraints that govern lexical words' function in a sentence.