Address vs. Speak — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Address and Speak
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Address
An address is a collection of information, presented in a mostly fixed format, used to give the location of a building, apartment, or other structure or a plot of land, generally using political boundaries and street names as references, along with other identifiers such as house or apartment numbers and organization name. Some addresses also contain special codes, such as a postal code, to make identification easier and aid in the routing of mail.
Speak
Say something in order to convey information or to express a feeling
In his agitation he was unable to speak
She refused to speak about the incident
Address
The particulars of the place where someone lives or an organization is situated
They exchanged addresses and agreed to keep in touch
Speak
Talk to in order to reprove or advise
She tried to speak to Seb about his drinking
Address
A formal speech delivered to an audience
An address to the European Parliament
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Speak
(of behaviour, an object, etc.) serve as evidence for something
His frame spoke tiredness
Everything in the house spoke of hard times and neglect
Address
Skill, dexterity, or readiness
He rescued me with the most consummate address
Speak
(of a musical instrument or other object) make a sound when functioning
Insufficient air circulates for the pipes to speak
The gun spoke again
Address
Write the name and address of the intended recipient on (an envelope, letter, or parcel)
I addressed my letter to him personally
Speak
To produce words by means of sounds; talk
Can the baby speak yet?.
Address
Speak to (a person or an assembly)
She addressed the open-air meeting
Speak
To express thoughts or feelings to convey information in speech or writing
He spoke of his desire to travel. In her poem she speaks about loss.
Address
Think about and begin to deal with (an issue or problem)
A fundamental problem has still to be addressed
Speak
To convey information or ideas in text
Their book speaks about adopting children.
Address
Take up one's stance and prepare to hit (the ball)
Ensure that your weight is evenly spread when you address the ball
Speak
To engage in conversation
Can we speak for a few minutes about the assignment?.
Address
To speak to
Addressed me in low tones.
Speak
To be friendly or willing to communicate; be on speaking terms
They are no longer speaking.
Address
To make a formal speech to
Addressed the union members at the convention.
Speak
To deliver an address or lecture
The mayor spoke at the rally.
Address
To call (a person to whom one is speaking) by a particular name or term
Address the judge as "Your Honor.".
Speak
To act as spokesperson
I speak for the entire staff.
Address
To direct (a spoken or written message) to the attention of
Address a protest to the faculty senate.
Speak
To convey information through another person
The family spoke to the media through their trusted adviser.
Address
To mark with a destination
Address a letter.
Speak
To convey a message by nonverbal means
Actions speak louder than words.
Address
To direct the efforts or attention of (oneself)
Address oneself to a task.
Speak
To give an indication or suggestion
His manners spoke of good upbringing.
Address
To begin to deal with
Addressed the issue of taxes.
Speak
To be appealing
His poetry speaks to one's heart.
Address
To dispatch or consign (a ship, for example) to an agent or factor.
Speak
To make a reservation or request. Used with for
Has anyone spoken for the last piece of pizza?.
Address
(Sports) To adjust and aim the club at (a golf ball) in preparing for a stroke.
Speak
To produce a characteristic sound
The drums spoke.
Address
A description of the location of a person or organization, as written or printed on mail as directions for delivery
Wrote the address on the envelope.
Speak
To give off a sound on firing. Used of guns or cannon.
Address
The location at which a particular organization or person may be found or reached
Went to her address but no one was home.
Speak
To say with the voice; pronounce or utter
She spoke the words with a French accent.
Address
A name or a sequence of characters that designates an email account or a specific site on the internet or other network.
Speak
To converse in or be able to converse in (a language)
Speaks German.
Address
A name or number used in information storage or retrieval assigned to or identifying a specific memory location.
Speak
To express in words; tell
Speak the truth.
Address
A formal speech or written communication.
Speak
(Nautical) To hail and communicate with (another vessel) at sea.
Address
Often addresses Courteous attentions.
Speak
To convey by nonverbal means
His eyes spoke volumes.
Address
The manner or bearing of a person, especially in conversation.
Speak
(intransitive) To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
I was so surprised I couldn't speak.
You're speaking too fast.
Address
Skill, deftness, or grace in dealing with people or situations
"With the charms of beauty she combined the address of an accomplished intriguer" (Charles Merivale).
Speak
To have a conversation.
It's been ages since we've spoken.
Address
Direction.
Speak
(by extension) To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions.
He spoke of it in his diary.
Speak to me only with your eyes.
Actions speak louder than words.
Address
(obsolete) Guidance; help.
Speak
(intransitive) To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech.
This evening I shall speak on the topic of correct English usage.
Address
A polite approach made to another person, especially of a romantic nature; an amorous advance.
Speak
To be able to communicate in a language.
He speaks Mandarin fluently.
Address
A manner of speaking or writing to another; language, style.
A man of pleasing or insinuating address
Speak
(by extension) To be able to communicate in the manner of specialists in a field.
Address
A formal approach to a sovereign, especially an official appeal or petition; later specifically a response given by each of the Houses of Parliament to the sovereign's speech at the opening of Parliament.
Speak
(transitive) To utter.
I was so surprised that I couldn't speak a word.
Address
An act of addressing oneself to a person or group; a discourse or speech, or a record of this.
Speak
(transitive) To communicate (some fact or feeling); to bespeak, to indicate.
Address
A description of the location of a property, usually with at least a street name and number, name of a town, and now also a postal code; such a description as superscribed for direction on an envelope or letter.
The President's address is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C.
Speak
To understand (as though it were a language).
Sorry, I don't speak idiot.
So you can program in C. But do you speak C++?
Address
(by extension) The property itself.
I went to his address but there was nobody there.
Speak
(intransitive) To produce a sound; to sound.
Address
(computing) A number identifying a specific storage location in computer memory; a string of characters identifying a location on the internet or other network; sometimes specifically an e-mail address.
The program will crash if there is no valid data stored at that address.
Speak
Of a bird, to be able to vocally reproduce words or phrases from a human language.
Address
Preparation.
Speak
To address; to accost; to speak to.
Address
Preparedness for some task; resourcefulness; skill, ability.
Speak
Language, jargon, or terminology used uniquely in a particular environment or group.
Corporate speak; IT speak.
Address
(obsolete) The act of getting ready; preparation.
Speak
Speech, conversation.
Address
The act of bringing the head of the club up to the ball in preparation for swinging.
Speak
(dated) a low class bar, a speakeasy.
Address
To prepare oneself.
Speak
To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to speak.
Till at the last spake in this manner.
Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth.
Address
To direct speech.
Speak
To express opinions; to say; to talk; to converse.
That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set, as the tradesmen speak.
An honest man, is able to speak for himself, when a knave is not.
During the century and a half which followed the Conquest, there is, to speak strictly, no English history.
Address
To aim; to direct.
Speak
To utter a speech, discourse, or harangue; to adress a public assembly formally.
Many of the nobility made themselves popular by speaking in Parliament against those things which were most grateful to his majesty.
Address
To prepare or make ready.
Speak
To discourse; to make mention; to tell.
Lycan speaks of a part of Cæsar's army that came to him from the Leman Lake.
Address
To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
Speak
To give sound; to sound.
Make all our trumpets speak.
Address
(reflexive) To direct one’s remarks (to someone).
Speak
To convey sentiments, ideas, or intelligence as if by utterance; as, features that speak of self-will.
Thine eye begins to speak.
Address
To clothe or array; to dress.
Speak
To utter with the mouth; to pronounce; to utter articulately, as human beings.
They sat down with him upn ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him.
Address
(transitive) To direct, as words (to anyone or anything); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any audience).
He addressed some portions of his remarks to his supporters, some to his opponents.
Speak
To utter in a word or words; to say; to tell; to declare orally; as, to speak the truth; to speak sense.
Address
(transitive) To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to.
Speak
To declare; to proclaim; to publish; to make known; to exhibit; to express in any way.
It is my father;s musteTo speak your deeds.
Speaking a still good morrow with her eyes.
And for the heaven's wide circuit, let it speakThe maker's high magnificence.
Report speaks you a bonny monk.
Address
(transitive) To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit.
He addressed a letter.
Speak
To talk or converse in; to utter or pronounce, as in conversation; as, to speak Latin.
And French she spake full fair and fetisely.
Address
(transitive) To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
Speak
To address; to accost; to speak to.
[He will] thee in hope; he will speak thee fair.
Each village senior paused to scanAnd speak the lovely caravan.
Address
(transitive) To consign or entrust to the care of another, as agent or factor.
The ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore.
Speak
Express in speech;
She talks a lot of nonsense
This depressed patient does not verbalize
Address
(transitive) To address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one's speech, discourse or efforts to.
Speak
Exchange thoughts; talk with;
We often talk business
Actions talk louder than words
Address
To direct attention towards a problem or obstacle, in an attempt to resolve it.
Speak
Use language;
The baby talks already
The prisoner won't speak
They speak a strange dialect
Address
To refer to a location in computer memory.
Speak
Give a speech to;
The chairman addressed the board of trustees
Address
To get ready to hit (the ball on the tee).
Speak
Make a characteristic or natural sound;
The drums spoke
Address
To aim; to direct.
And this good knight his way with me addrest.
Address
To prepare or make ready.
His foe was soon addressed.
Turnus addressed his men to single fight.
The five foolish virgins addressed themselves at the noise of the bridegroom's coming.
Address
Reflexively: To prepare one's self; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
These men addressed themselves to the task.
Address
To clothe or array; to dress.
Tecla . . . addressed herself in man's apparel.
Address
To direct, as words (to any one or any thing); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, an audience).
The young hero had addressed his players to him for his assistance.
Address
To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to; to accost.
Are not your orders to address the senate?
The representatives of the nation addressed the king.
Address
To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit; as, he addressed a letter.
Address
To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
Address
To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor; as, the ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore.
Address
To prepare one's self.
Address
To direct speech.
Young Turnus to the beauteous maid addrest.
Address
Act of preparing one's self.
Address
Act of addressing one's self to a person; verbal application.
Address
A formal communication, either written or spoken; a discourse; a speech; a formal application to any one; a petition; a formal statement on some subject or special occasion; as, an address of thanks, an address to the voters.
Address
Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed.
Address
Manner of speaking to another; delivery; as, a man of pleasing or insinuating address.
Address
Attention in the way one's addresses to a lady.
Address
Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness.
Address
(computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored
Address
The place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with
Address
The act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience;
He listened to an address on minor Roman poets
Address
The manner of speaking to another individual;
He failed in his manner of address to the captain
Address
A sign in front of a house or business carrying the conventional form by which its location is described
Address
Written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location
Address
The stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a golf ball
Address
Social skill
Address
Speak to;
He addressed the crowd outside the window
Address
Give a speech to;
The chairman addressed the board of trustees
Address
Put an address on (an envelope, for example)
Address
Direct a question at someone
Address
Address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question
Address
Greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name;
He always addresses me with `Sir'
Call me Mister
She calls him by first name
Address
Access or locate by address
Address
Deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression;
This book deals with incest
The course covered all of Western Civilization
The new book treats the history of China
Address
Speak to someone
Address
Adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation fo hitting
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