Discourse vs. Discoursed — What's the Difference?

Discourse is a generalization of the notion of a conversation to any form of communication. Discourse is a major topic in social theory, with work spanning fields such as sociology, anthropology, continental philosophy, and discourse analysis.

Verbal expression in speech or writing

Verbal expression in speech or writing

Verbal exchange or conversation

Verbal exchange or conversation

A series of connected remarks about a subject.

A series of connected remarks about a subject.

A formal, lengthy treatment of a subject, either written or spoken.

A formal, lengthy treatment of a subject, either written or spoken.

(Archaic) The process or power of reasoning.

(Archaic) The process or power of reasoning.

To speak or write formally and at length.

To speak or write formally and at length.

To engage in conversation or discussion; converse

To engage in conversation or discussion; converse

To narrate or discuss.

To narrate or discuss.

Simple past tense and past participle of discourse

Verbal exchange, conversation.

(uncountable) Expression in words, either speech or writing.

(countable) A formal lengthy exposition of some subject, either spoken or written.

(countable) Any rational expression, reason.

An institutionalized way of thinking, a social boundary defining what can be said about a specific topic (after Michel Foucault).

(obsolete) Dealing; transaction.

(intransitive) To engage in discussion or conversation; to converse.

(intransitive) To write or speak formally and at length.

To debate.

To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason.

To produce or emit (musical sounds).

The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of this power; reasoning; range of reasoning faculty.

Conversation; talk.

The art and manner of speaking and conversing.

Consecutive speech, either written or unwritten, on a given line of thought; speech; treatise; dissertation; sermon, etc.; as, the preacher gave us a long discourse on duty.

Dealing; transaction.

To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason.

To express one's self in oral discourse; to expose one's views; to talk in a continuous or formal manner; to hold forth; to speak; to converse.

To relate something; to tell.

To treat of something in writing and formally.

To treat of; to expose or set forth in language.

To utter or give forth; to speak.

To talk to; to confer with.

Extended verbal expression in speech or writing

An address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)

An extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic;

To consider or examine in speech or writing;

Carry on a conversation

Talk or hold forth formally about a topic;