Reading vs. Literacy — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Reading and Literacy
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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).
Literacy
Literacy is popularly understood as an ability to read and write in at least one method of writing, an understanding reflected by mainstream dictionaries. In this view, illiteracy would be considered to be the inability to read and write.Some researchers suggest that the history of interest in the concept of “literacy” can be divided into two periods.
Reading
The act or activity of one that reads.
Literacy
The condition or quality of being literate, especially the ability to read and write. See Usage Note at literate.
Reading
The act or practice of rendering aloud written or printed matter
Skilled at forensic reading.
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Literacy
The condition or quality of being knowledgeable in a particular subject or field
Cultural literacy.
Biblical literacy.
Reading
An official or public recitation of written material
The reading of a will.
A reading by the poet of her own works.
Literacy
The ability to read and write.
Reading
The specific form of a particular passage in a text
A manuscript with a variant reading.
Literacy
The ability to understand and evaluate something.
Computer literacy; media literacy
Reading
The distinctive interpretation of a work of performing art given by the person or persons performing it.
Literacy
State of being literate.
Reading
An interpretation or appraisal
He gave us his reading of the situation.
Literacy
The ability to read and write
Reading
Written or printed material
The survivors' account is fascinating reading.
Reading
The information indicated by a gauge or graduated instrument.
Reading
Present participle of read
Reading
The process of interpreting written language.
The student is behind in his reading by several chapters.
Reading
The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.
Reading
A value indicated by a measuring device.
He glanced across and took note of the speedometer reading.
Reading
An event at which written material is read aloud.
I attended a poetry reading.
Reading
An interpretation.
That's my reading of the current situation.
Reading
Something to read; reading material.
Reading
The extent of what one has read.
He's a man of good reading.
Reading
(legislature) One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law.
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.
Reading
The content of a reading list.
Reading
The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually placing stones.
Reading
The act of one who reads; perusal; also, printed or written matter to be read.
Reading
Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of extensive reading.
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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