Contact vs. Talk — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Contact and Talk
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Contact
A coming together or touching, as of objects or surfaces.
Talk
Speak in order to give information or express ideas or feelings; converse or communicate by spoken words
The two men talked
You're talking rubbish
It was no use talking to Anthony
We'd sit and talk about jazz
Contact
The state or condition of touching or of immediate proximity
Litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid.
Talk
Have formal dealings or discussions; negotiate
They won't talk to the regime that killed their families
Contact
Connection or interaction; communication
Still in contact with my former employer.
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Talk
Use (a particular language) in speech
We were talking German
Contact
Visual observation
The pilot made contact with the ship.
Talk
Communication by spoken words; conversation or discussion
There was a slight but noticeable lull in the talk
Contact
Association; relationship
Came into contact with new ideas at college.
Talk
Formal discussions or negotiations over a period
Peace talks
Contact
A person who might be of use; a connection
The reporter met with her contact at the mayor's office.
Talk
An informal address or lecture
A thirty-minute illustrated talk
A talk on a day in the life of an actor
Contact
A connection between two conductors that permits a flow of current or heat.
Talk
To exchange thoughts or opinions in spoken or sign language; converse
We talked for hours.
Contact
A part or device that makes or breaks such a connection.
Talk
To utter or pronounce words
The baby can talk.
Contact
(Medicine) A person recently exposed to a contagious disease, usually through close association with an infected individual.
Talk
To imitate the sounds of human speech
The parrot talks.
Contact
A contact lens.
Talk
To express one's thoughts or emotions by means of spoken language
The candidate talked about the pros and cons of the issue.
Contact
To get in touch with; communicate with
"This past January I was contacted by a lawyer who said he needed my help" (Elizabeth Loftus).
Talk
To convey one's thoughts in a way other than by spoken words
Talk with one's hands.
Contact
To come into contact with
"The [golf] club head did not produce a comforting click as it contacted the ball" (John Garrity).
Talk
To express one's thoughts or feelings in writing
Voltaire talks about London in this book.
Contact
To make contact with; touch or strike
Players may contact the ball only once on a volley.
Talk
To convey information in text
The article talks about the latest fashions.
Contact
To be in or come into contact.
Talk
To negotiate with someone; parley
Let's talk instead of fighting.
Contact
Of, sustaining, or making contact.
Talk
To consult or confer with someone
I talked with the doctor.
Contact
Caused or transmitted by touching
A contact skin rash.
Talk
To spread rumors; gossip
If you do that, people will talk.
Contact
The act of touching physically; being in close association.
Talk
To allude to something
Are you talking about last week?.
Contact
The establishment of communication (with).
I haven't been in contact with her for years.
Talk
To reveal information concerning oneself or others, especially under pressure
Has the prisoner talked?.
Contact
The situation of being within sight of something; visual contact.
Talk
(Informal) To be efficacious
Money talks.
Contact
A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.
Touch the contact to ground and read the number again.
Talk
To utter or pronounce (words)
Their son is talking sentences now.
Contact
Someone who can be contacted, or with whom one is in communication.
Who is the company's contact for sales queries?
The salesperson had a whole binder full of contacts for potential clients.
Talk
To speak about or discuss (something) or give expression to (something)
Talk business.
Talk treason.
Contact
(informal) A contact lens.
Talk
Used to emphasize the extent or seriousness of something being mentioned
The police found money in the car. We're talking significant amounts of money.
Contact
(electricity) A device designed for repetitive connections.
Talk
To speak or know how to speak (a language or a language variety)
The passenger talked French with the flight crew. Can you talk the local dialect?.
Contact
Contact juggling.
I bought myself a new contact ball last week
Talk
To cause (someone) to be in a certain state or to do something by talking
They talked me into coming.
Contact
(mining) The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.
Talk
An exchange of ideas or opinions; a conversation
We had a nice talk over lunch.
Contact
To touch; to come into physical contact with.
The side of the car contacted the pedestrian.
Talk
A speech or lecture
He gave a talk on art.
Contact
To establish communication with something or someone.
I am trying to contact my sister.
Talk
Hearsay, rumor, or speculation
There is talk of bankruptcy.
Contact
A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.
Talk
A subject of conversation
A musical that is the talk of the town.
Contact
The property of two curves, or surfaces, which meet, and at the point of meeting have a common direction.
Talk
Often talks A conference or negotiation
Peace talks.
Contact
The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.
Talk
A particular manner of speech
Baby talk.
Honeyed talk.
Contact
A metallic conducting component of an electrical device connected to a circuit within and so situated that it may form a conducting pathway to an external power source or device when contacted by another conductor; as, the contact on a standard light bulb has the shape of a screw for easy insertion into the socket.
Talk
Empty speech or unnecessary discussion
A lot of talk and no action.
Contact
A person who serves to commmunicate information to or from one group to another, whether formally or informally; as, a good Washington reporter has contacts in the White House.
Talk
Jargon or slang
Prison talk.
Contact
Close interaction;
They kept in daily contact
They claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings
Talk
Something, such as the sounds of animals, felt to resemble human talk
Whale talk.
Contact
The state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity;
Litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid
Talk
(intransitive) To communicate, usually by means of speech.
Let's sit down and talk.
Although I don't speak Chinese I managed to talk with the villagers using signs and gestures.
Contact
The act of touching physically;
Her fingers came in contact with the light switch
Talk
To discuss; to talk about.
They sat down to talk business.
That's enough about work, let's talk holidays!
Contact
The physical coming together of two or more things;
Contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull
Talk
(transitive) To speak (a certain language).
We talk French sometimes.
Contact
A person who is in a position to give you special assistance;
He used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor
Talk
Used to emphasise the importance, size, complexity etc. of the thing mentioned.
Are you interested in the job? They're talking big money.
We're not talking rocket science here: it should be easy.
Contact
A channel for communication between groups;
He provided a liaison with the guerrillas
Talk
To confess, especially implicating others.
Suppose he talks?
She can be relied upon not to talk.
They tried to make me talk.
Contact
(electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact;
They forget to solder the contacts
Talk
(intransitive) To criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself.
I am not the one to talk.
She is a fine one to talk.
You should talk.
Look who's talking.
Contact
A communicative interaction;
The pilot made contact with the base
He got in touch with his colleagues
Talk
(intransitive) To gossip; to create scandal.
People will talk.
Aren't you afraid the neighbours will talk?
Contact
A thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication
Talk
To influence someone to express something, especially a particular stance or viewpoint or in a particular manner.
You're only sticking up for her because you like her; that's your penis talking.
That's not like you at all, Jared. The drugs are talking. Snap out of it!
Contact
Be in or establish communication with;
Our advertisements reach millions
He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia
Talk
A conversation or discussion; usually serious, but informal.
We need to have a talk about your homework.
Contact
Be in direct physical contact with; make contact;
The two buildings touch
Their hands touched
The wire must not contact the metal cover
The surfaces contact at this point
Talk
A lecture.
Talk
(uncountable) Gossip; rumour.
There's been talk lately about the two of them.
Talk
A major topic of social discussion.
She is the talk of the day.
The musical is the talk of the town.
Talk
A customary conversation by parent(s) or guardian(s) with their (often teenaged) child about a reality of life; in particular:
Talk
A customary conversation in which parent(s) explain sexual intercourse to their child.
Have you had the talk with Jay yet?
Talk
(US) A customary conversation in which the parent(s) of a black child explain the racism and violence they may face, especially when interacting with police, and strategies to manage it.
Talk
Empty boasting, promises or claims.
The party leader's speech was all talk.
Talk
Meeting to discuss a particular matter.
The leaders of the G8 nations are currently in talks over nuclear weapons.
Talk
To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.
I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following, but I will not eat with you.
Talk
To confer; to reason; to consult.
Let me talk with thee of thy judgments.
Talk
To prate; to speak impertinently.
Talk
To speak freely; to use for conversing or communicating; as, to talk French.
Talk
To deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to make a subject of conversation; as, to talk nonsense; to talk politics.
Talk
To consume or spend in talking; - often followed by away; as, to talk away an evening.
Talk
To cause to be or become by talking.
Talk
The act of talking; especially, familiar converse; mutual discourse; that which is uttered, especially in familiar conversation, or the mutual converse of two or more.
In various talk the instructive hours they passed.
Their talk, when it was not made up of nautical phrases, was too commonly made up of oaths and curses.
Talk
Report; rumor; as, to hear talk of war.
I hear a talk up and down of raising our money.
Talk
Subject of discourse; as, his achievment is the talk of the town.
Talk
An exchange of ideas via conversation;
Let's have more work and less talk around here
Talk
(`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of') discussion;
His poetry contains much talk about love and anger
Talk
The act of giving a talk to an audience;
I attended an interesting talk on local history
Talk
A speech that is open to the public;
He attended a lecture on telecommunications
Talk
Idle gossip or rumor;
There has been talk about you lately
Talk
Exchange thoughts; talk with;
We often talk business
Actions talk louder than words
Talk
Express in speech;
She talks a lot of nonsense
This depressed patient does not verbalize
Talk
Use language;
The baby talks already
The prisoner won't speak
They speak a strange dialect
Talk
Reveal information;
If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!
The former employee spilled all the details
Talk
Divulge confidential information or secrets;
Be careful--his secretary talks
Talk
Deliver a lecture or talk;
She will talk at Rutgers next week
Did you ever lecture at Harvard?
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