Speaking vs. Writing — What's the Difference?

Capable of speech.

Writing is a medium of human communication that involves the representation of a language with written symbols. Writing systems are not themselves human languages (with the debatable exception of computer languages); they are means of rendering a language into a form that can be reconstructed by other humans separated by time and/or space.

Involving speaking or talking

The activity or skill of writing

Expressive or telling; eloquent.

The activity or occupation of composing text for publication

True to life; lifelike

The act or process of producing and recording words in a form that can be read and understood

Used in speaking.

The occupation or style of someone who writes, especially for publication.

Expressive; eloquent.

Written form

Involving speaking.

Handwriting; penmanship

Having the ability of speech.

Meaningful letters or characters that constitute readable matter

(in compounds) Having competence in a language.

A written work, especially a literary composition

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

Writings (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Bible The third of the three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures, composed of Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles. See Table at Bible.

The act of communicating vocally.

(uncountable) Graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning.

An oral recitation of e.g. a story.

(countable) Something written, such as a document, article or book.

Present participle of speak

(uncountable) The process of representing a language with symbols or letters.

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

(countable) A work of an author.

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

(countable) The style of writing of a person.

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

Intended for or used in writing.

The act of uttering words.

Inflection of write

Public declamation; oratory.

The act or art of forming letters and characters on paper, wood, stone, or other material, for the purpose of recording the ideas which characters and words express, or of communicating them to others by visible signs.

The utterance of intelligible speech

Anything written or printed; anything expressed in characters or letters

Delivering an address to a public audience;

Handwriting; chirography.

Capable of or involving speech or speaking;

The act of creating written works;

Capable of speech;

The work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect);

(usually plural) the collected work of an author;

Letters or symbols written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language;

The activity of putting something in written form;