Lecture vs. Reading — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Lecture and Reading
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Lecture
A lecture (from the French lecture, meaning reading) is an oral presentation intended to present information or teach people about a particular subject, for example by a university or college teacher. Lectures are used to convey critical information, history, background, theories, and equations.
Reading
Reading is the process of taking in the sense or meaning of letters, symbols, etc., especially by sight or touch.For educators and researchers, reading is a multifaceted process involving such areas as word recognition, orthography (spelling), alphabetics, phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and motivation.Other types of reading and writing, such as pictograms (e.g., a hazard symbol and an emoji), are not based on speech based writing systems. The common link is the interpretation of symbols to extract the meaning from the visual notations or tactile signals (as in the case of Braille).
Lecture
An exposition of a given subject delivered before an audience or class, as for the purpose of instruction.
Reading
The act or activity of one that reads.
Lecture
An earnest admonition or reproof; a reprimand.
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Reading
The act or practice of rendering aloud written or printed matter
Skilled at forensic reading.
Lecture
To deliver a lecture or series of lectures.
Reading
An official or public recitation of written material
The reading of a will.
A reading by the poet of her own works.
Lecture
To deliver a lecture to (a class or audience).
Reading
The specific form of a particular passage in a text
A manuscript with a variant reading.
Lecture
To admonish or reprove earnestly, often at length
Always lecturing me about my manners.
Reading
The distinctive interpretation of a work of performing art given by the person or persons performing it.
Lecture
A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.
During class today the professor delivered an interesting lecture.
Reading
An interpretation or appraisal
He gave us his reading of the situation.
Lecture
(by extension) a class that primarily consists of a (weekly or other regularly held) lecture (as in sense 1) [usually at college or university]
We will not have lecture tomorrow.
Lecture notes are online.
Reading
Written or printed material
The survivors' account is fascinating reading.
Lecture
A berating or scolding.
I really don't want you to give me a lecture about my bad eating habits.
Reading
The information indicated by a gauge or graduated instrument.
Lecture
(obsolete) The act of reading.
The lecture of Holy Scripture
Reading
Present participle of read
Lecture
(ambitransitive) To teach (somebody) by giving a speech on a given topic.
The professor lectured to two classes this morning.
Reading
The process of interpreting written language.
The student is behind in his reading by several chapters.
Lecture
(transitive) To preach, to berate, to scold.
Emily's father lectured her about the importance of being home before midnight.
Reading
The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.
Lecture
The act of reading; as, the lecture of Holy Scripture.
Reading
A value indicated by a measuring device.
He glanced across and took note of the speedometer reading.
Lecture
A discourse on any subject; especially, a formal or methodical discourse, intended for instruction; sometimes, a familiar discourse, in contrast with a sermon.
Reading
An event at which written material is read aloud.
I attended a poetry reading.
Lecture
A reprimand or formal reproof from one having authority.
Reading
An interpretation.
That's my reading of the current situation.
Lecture
A rehearsal of a lesson.
Reading
Something to read; reading material.
Lecture
To read or deliver a lecture to.
Reading
The extent of what one has read.
He's a man of good reading.
Lecture
To reprove formally and with authority.
Reading
(legislature) One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law.
Lecture
To deliver a lecture or lectures.
Reading
A piece of literature or passage of scripture read aloud to an audience.
After the homily there will be two readings from the Bible.
Lecture
A speech that is open to the public;
He attended a lecture on telecommunications
Reading
The content of a reading list.
Lecture
A lengthy rebuke;
A good lecture was my father's idea of discipline
The teacher gave him a talking to
Reading
The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually placing stones.
Lecture
Teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
Reading
The act of one who reads; perusal; also, printed or written matter to be read.
Lecture
Deliver a lecture or talk;
She will talk at Rutgers next week
Did you ever lecture at Harvard?
Reading
Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of extensive reading.
Lecture
Censure severely or angrily;
The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
Reading
A lecture or prelection; public recital.
The Jews had their weekly readings of the law.
Reading
The way in which anything reads; force of a word or passage presented by a documentary authority; lection; version.
Reading
Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of rendering.
Reading
An observation read from the scale of a graduated instrument; as, the reading of a barometer.
Reading
Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.
Reading
Addicted to reading; as, a reading community.
Reading
The cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message;
He enjoys reading books
Reading
A datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument;
He could not believe the meter reading
The barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm
Reading
A particular interpretation or performance;
On that reading it was an insult
He was famous for his reading of Mozart
Reading
Written material intended to be read;
The teacher assigned new readings
He bought some reading material at the airport
Reading
A mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
Reading
A city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England
Reading
A public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance;
The program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems
Reading
The act of measuring with meters or similar instruments;
He has a job meter reading for the gas company
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