Listening vs. Speaking — What's the Difference?

To listen is to give attention to sound or action. When listening, one is hearing what others are saying, and trying to understand what it means.

Capable of speech.

To make an effort to hear something

Involving speaking or talking

To pay attention; heed

Expressive or telling; eloquent.

An act of listening

True to life; lifelike

Of something or someone that listens.

Used in speaking.

Of something that is used in order to hear or to improve the ability to hear.

Expressive; eloquent.

Of an action that is performed with caution and attention to sounds.

Involving speaking.

Present participle of listen

Having the ability of speech.

Action of the verb listening

(in compounds) Having competence in a language.

An educational exercise involving listening

One's ability to communicate vocally in a given language.

Skill or ability of perceiving spoken language.

The act of communicating vocally.

The act of hearing attentively.

An oral recitation of e.g. a story.

The act of hearing attentively;

Present participle of speak

Attending to or alert for sound;

(telephone) Indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking.

Uttering speech; used for conveying speech; as, man is a speaking animal; a speaking tube.

Seeming to be capable of speech; hence, lifelike; as, a speaking likeness.

The act of uttering words.

Public declamation; oratory.

The utterance of intelligible speech

Delivering an address to a public audience;

Capable of or involving speech or speaking;

Capable of speech;