Diction vs. Pronunciation

Dictionnoun

Choice and use of words, especially with regard to effective communication.

Pronunciationnoun

(countable) The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.

‘What is the pronunciation of "hiccough"?’;

Dictionnoun

The effectiveness and degree of clarity of word choice and expression.

Pronunciationnoun

(uncountable) The way in which the words of a language are made to sound when speaking.

‘His Italian pronunciation is terrible.’;

Dictionnoun

Choice of words for the expression of ideas; the construction, disposition, and application of words in discourse, with regard to clearness, accuracy, variety, etc.; mode of expression; language; as, the diction of Chaucer's poems.

‘His diction blazes up into a sudden explosion of prophetic grandeur.’;

Pronunciationnoun

(countable) The act of pronouncing or uttering something.

Dictionnoun

the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience

Pronunciationnoun

The act of uttering with articulation; the act of giving the proper sound and accent; utterance; as, the pronunciation of syllables of words; distinct or indistinct pronunciation.

Dictionnoun

the manner in which something is expressed in words;

‘use concise military verbiage’;

Pronunciationnoun

The mode of uttering words or sentences.

Diction

Diction (Latin: dictionem (nom. dictio), ), in its original meaning, is a writer's or speaker's distinctive vocabulary choices and style of expression in a poem or story.

‘a saying, expression, word’;

Pronunciationnoun

The art of manner of uttering a discourse publicly with propriety and gracefulness; - now called delivery.

Pronunciationnoun

the manner in which someone utters a word;

‘they are always correcting my pronunciation’;

Pronunciationnoun

the way a word or a language is customarily spoken;

‘the pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners’; ‘that is the correct pronunciation’;

Pronunciationnoun

the way in which a word is pronounced

‘similar pronunciations are heard in Ulster’; ‘spelling does not determine pronunciation’;

Pronunciation

Pronunciation is the way in which a word or a language is spoken. This may refer to generally agreed-upon sequences of sounds used in speaking a given word or language in a specific dialect () or simply the way a particular individual speaks a word or language.

‘correct pronunciation’;