Dais vs. Speaker — What's the Difference?

A dais or daïs ( or , American English also but sometimes considered nonstandard) is a raised platform at the front of a room or hall, usually for one or more speakers or honored guests.Historically, the dais was a part of the floor at the end of a medieval hall, raised a step above the rest of the room. On this, the master of the household or assembly (e.g.

One who speaks.

A raised platform, as in a lecture hall, for speakers or honored guests.

A spokesperson.

A raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other dignified occupancy, such as ancestral statues; a similar platform supporting a lectern, pulpit, etc., which may be used to speak from.

One who delivers a public speech.

A bench, a settle, a pew.

Often Speaker The presiding officer of a legislative assembly.

(obsolete) An elevated table in a hall at which important people were seated; a high table.

The person, sometimes the actual writer but often an assumed character, who is imagined as the source of the words or ideas expressed in a poem.

The canopy over an altar, etc.

A device that converts electric signals to audible sound.

The high or principal table, at the end of a hall, at which the chief guests were seated; also, the chief seat at the high table.

One who speaks.

A platform slightly raised above the floor of a hall or large room, giving distinction to the table and seats placed upon it for the chief guests.

Loudspeaker.

A canopy over the seat of a person of dignity.

Speakerphone.

A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it

(politics) The chair or presiding officer of certain legislative bodies, such as the U.K. House of Commons or the U.S. House of Representatives.

One who makes a speech to an audience.

(US) A book containing passages of text for use in speeches.

The producer of a given utterance, whether speech or text.

(poetry) The literary character uttering the lyrics of a poem or song, as opposed to the author writing the words of that character.

(music) A key on a woodwind instrument of the clarinet family (cf octave key on other instruments) which induces the instrument to overblow.

One who speaks.

A book of selections for declamation.

Someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous);

Electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance

The presiding officer of a deliberative assembly;