Aside vs. Soliloquy — What's the Difference?

An aside is a dramatic device in which a character speaks to the audience. By convention the audience is to realize that the character's speech is unheard by the other characters on stage.

A soliloquy (, from Latin solo "to oneself" + loquor "I talk", 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 "To be, or not to be", the centerpiece of Shakespeare's Hamlet.

To or toward the side

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

Out of one's thoughts or mind

A monologue, especially in a play, that is delivered by a character who is alone or unaware of the presence of other characters and that reveals the thoughts or feelings of that character.

Apart

The act of speaking to oneself.

In reserve; away

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

Being excepted or excluded from consideration

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

A piece of dialogue intended for the audience and supposedly not heard by the other actors on stage.

To issue a soliloquy.

A remark made in an undertone so as to be inaudible to others nearby.

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

A parenthetical departure; a digression.

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

To or on one side so as to be out of the way.

Speech you make to yourself

Not in perfect symmetry; distorted laterally, especially of the human body.

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

An incidental remark to a person next to one made discreetly but not in private, audible only to that person.theatre (theatre) A brief comment by a character addressing the audience, unheard by other characters.

A minor related mention, an afterthought.

On, or to, one side; out of a straight line, course, or direction; at a little distance from the rest; out of the way; apart.

Out of one's thoughts; off; away; as, to put aside gloomy thoughts.

So as to be heard by others; privately.

Something spoken aside; as, a remark made by a stageplayer which the other players are not supposed to hear.

A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage

A message that departs from the main subject

On or to one side;

Out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts);

Not taken into account or excluded from consideration;

In a different direction;

Placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose;

In reserve; not for immediate use;