Studying vs. Reading — What's the Difference?

The effort to acquire knowledge, as by reading, observation, or research

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).

An act or effort made in the pursuit of knowledge

The act or activity of one that reads.

A branch of knowledge or department of learning

The act or practice of rendering aloud written or printed matter

Attentive examination or analysis

An official or public recitation of written material

A detailed examination, analysis, or experiment investigating a subject or phenomenon

The specific form of a particular passage in a text

A document or publication presenting the results of such an endeavor.

The distinctive interpretation of a work of performing art given by the person or persons performing it.

A literary work treating a particular subject or character

An interpretation or appraisal

A preliminary sketch, as for a work of art or literature.

Written or printed material

(Medicine) A diagnostic test.

The information indicated by a gauge or graduated instrument.

(Music) A composition intended as a technical exercise.

Present participle of read

A state of mental absorption

The process of interpreting written language.

A room intended or equipped for studying or writing.

The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.

A noteworthy or interesting example

A value indicated by a measuring device.

To apply one's mind purposefully to the acquisition of knowledge or understanding of (a subject).

An event at which written material is read aloud.

To take (a course) at a school.

An interpretation.

To try to memorize

Something to read; reading material.

To perform a study of; investigate

The extent of what one has read.

To read or look at carefully

(legislature) One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law.

To give careful thought to; contemplate

A piece of literature or passage of scripture read aloud to an audience.

(Medicine) To perform a diagnostic test on (a part of the body, for example).

The content of a reading list.

To apply oneself to learning, especially by reading

The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually placing stones.

To pursue a course of study

The act of one who reads; perusal; also, printed or written matter to be read.

To ponder; reflect.

Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of extensive reading.

The action of the verb to study.

A lecture or prelection; public recital.

Present participle of study

The way in which anything reads; force of a word or passage presented by a documentary authority; lection; version.

Reading carefully with intent to remember

Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of rendering.

An observation read from the scale of a graduated instrument; as, the reading of a barometer.

Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.

Addicted to reading; as, a reading community.

The cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message;

A datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument;

A particular interpretation or performance;

Written material intended to be read;

A mental representation of the meaning or significance of something

A city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England

A public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance;

The act of measuring with meters or similar instruments;