Conversation vs. Correspondence — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Conversation and Correspondence
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Conversation
Conversation is interactive communication between two or more people. The development of conversational skills and etiquette is an important part of socialization.
Correspondence
The act, fact, or state of agreeing or conforming
The correspondence of the witness's statement with the known facts suggests that he is telling the truth.
Conversation
A talk, especially an informal one, between two or more people, in which news and ideas are exchanged
She picked up the phone and held a conversation in French
The two men were deep in conversation
Correspondence
A similarity, connection, or equivalence
Is there a correspondence between corporal punishment in children and criminal behavior in adults?.
Conversation
The exchange of thoughts and feelings by means of speech or sign language
Gifted in the art of conversation.
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Correspondence
Communication by the exchange of letters, emails, or other forms of written messages.
Conversation
An instance of this
Held a long conversation on the subject.
Correspondence
The messages sent or received.
Conversation
Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking.
I had an interesting conversation with Nicolas yesterday about how much he's getting paid.
Correspondence
Mutual communication or discourse:
Conversation
(fencing) The back-and-forth play of the blades in a bout.
Correspondence
Friendly discussion.
Conversation
The protocol-based interaction between systems processing a transaction.
Correspondence
(uncountable) Reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially conversation between persons by means of letters.
Conversation
(obsolete) Interaction; commerce or intercourse with other people; dealing with others.
Correspondence
(uncountable) Newspaper or news stories.
Conversation
(archaic) Behaviour, the way one conducts oneself; a person's way of life.
Correspondence
Postal or other written communications.
Conversation
(obsolete) Sexual intercourse.
Criminal conversation
Correspondence
Congruity or similarity between different things, people, etc:
Conversation
(obsolete) Engagement with a specific subject, idea, field of study etc.
Correspondence
(countable) An agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome.
Conversation
To engage in conversation (with).
Correspondence
A relation.
Conversation
General course of conduct; behavior.
Let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel.
Correspondence
A similarity between physical and spiritual things e.g. light to wisdom, or warmth to love
Conversation
Familiar intercourse; intimate fellowship or association; close acquaintance.
I set down, out of long experience in business and much conversation in books, what I thought pertinent to this business.
Correspondence
Friendly intercourse; reciprocal exchange of civilities; especially, intercourse between persons by means of letters.
Holding also good correspondence with the other great men in the state.
To facilitate correspondence between one part of London and another, was not originally one of the objects of the post office.
Conversation
Commerce; intercourse; traffic.
All traffic and mutual conversation.
Correspondence
The letters which pass between correspondents.
Conversation
Colloquial discourse; oral interchange of sentiments and observations; informal dialogue.
The influence exercised by his [Johnson's] conversation was altogether without a parallel.
Correspondence
Mutual adaptation, relation, or agreement, of one thing to another; agreement; congruity; fitness; relation.
Conversation
Sexual intercourse; as, criminal conversation.
Correspondence
Communication by the exchange of letters
Conversation
The use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.
Correspondence
Compatibility of observations;
There was no agreement between theory and measurement
The results of two tests were in correspondence
Correspondence
The relation of correspondence in degree or size or amount
Correspondence
A function such that for every element of one set there is a unique element of another set
Correspondence
Communication by exchange of letters
Correspondence
(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact correspondence of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
Correspondence
Similarity by virtue of correspondence
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