Monologue vs. Dialogue

Monologuenoun

A long speech by one person in a play; sometimes a soliloquy; other times spoken to other characters.

Monologuenoun

(comedy) A long series of comic stories and jokes as an entertainment.

Monologuenoun

A long, uninterrupted utterance that monopolizes a conversation.

Monologueverb

To deliver a monologue.

Monologuenoun

A speech uttered by a person alone; soliloquy; also, talk or discourse in company, in the strain of a soliloquy; as, an account in monologue.

Monologuenoun

A dramatic composition for a single performer.

Monologuenoun

speech you make to yourself

Monologuenoun

a long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents others from participating in the conversation)

Monologuenoun

a (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor

Monologuenoun

a long speech by one actor in a play or film, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast programme

Monologuenoun

a long, tedious speech by one person during a conversation

Monologue

In theatre, a monologue (from Greek: μονόλογος, from μόνος mónos, and λόγος lógos, ) is a speech presented by a single character, most often to express their thoughts aloud, though sometimes also to directly address another character or the audience. Monologues are common across the range of dramatic media (plays, films, etc.), as well as in non-dramatic media such as poetry.

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.