Declaim vs. Proclaim — What's the Difference?

To deliver a formal recitation, especially as an exercise in rhetoric or elocution.

To announce officially and publicly; declare

To speak loudly and vehemently; inveigh.

To state emphatically or authoritatively; affirm

To utter or recite with rhetorical effect.

To indicate conspicuously; make plain

To object to something vociferously; to rail against in speech.

To announce or declare.

To recite, e.g., poetry, in a theatrical way; to speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; bemouth; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.

To make [something] the subject of an official proclamation bringing it within the scope of emergency powers

To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking.

To make known by public announcement; to give wide publicity to; to publish abroad; to promulgate; to declare; as, to proclaim war or peace.

To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; to harangue; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking; as, the students declaim twice a week.

To outlaw by public proclamation.

To speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.

Declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles;

To utter in public; to deliver in a rhetorical or set manner.

State or announce;

To defend by declamation; to advocate loudly.

Affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of;

Recite in elocution

Praise, glorify, or honor;

Speak against in an impassioned manner;