Talk vs. Conversation — What's the Difference?

Speak in order to give information or express ideas or feelings; converse or communicate by spoken words

Conversation is interactive communication between two or more people. The development of conversational skills and etiquette is an important part of socialization.

Have formal dealings or discussions; negotiate

A talk, especially an informal one, between two or more people, in which news and ideas are exchanged

Use (a particular language) in speech

The exchange of thoughts and feelings by means of speech or sign language

Communication by spoken words; conversation or discussion

An instance of this

Formal discussions or negotiations over a period

Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking.

An informal address or lecture

(fencing) The back-and-forth play of the blades in a bout.

To exchange thoughts or opinions in spoken or sign language; converse

The protocol-based interaction between systems processing a transaction.

To utter or pronounce words

(obsolete) Interaction; commerce or intercourse with other people; dealing with others.

To imitate the sounds of human speech

(archaic) Behaviour, the way one conducts oneself; a person's way of life.

To express one's thoughts or emotions by means of spoken language

(obsolete) Sexual intercourse.

To convey one's thoughts in a way other than by spoken words

(obsolete) Engagement with a specific subject, idea, field of study etc.

To express one's thoughts or feelings in writing

To engage in conversation (with).

To convey information in text

General course of conduct; behavior.

To negotiate with someone; parley

Familiar intercourse; intimate fellowship or association; close acquaintance.

To consult or confer with someone

Commerce; intercourse; traffic.

To spread rumors; gossip

Colloquial discourse; oral interchange of sentiments and observations; informal dialogue.

To allude to something

Sexual intercourse; as, criminal conversation.

To reveal information concerning oneself or others, especially under pressure

The use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.

(Informal) To be efficacious

To utter or pronounce (words)

To speak about or discuss (something) or give expression to (something)

Used to emphasize the extent or seriousness of something being mentioned

To speak or know how to speak (a language or a language variety)

To cause (someone) to be in a certain state or to do something by talking

An exchange of ideas or opinions; a conversation

A speech or lecture

Hearsay, rumor, or speculation

A subject of conversation

Often talks A conference or negotiation

A particular manner of speech

Empty speech or unnecessary discussion

Jargon or slang

Something, such as the sounds of animals, felt to resemble human talk

(intransitive) To communicate, usually by means of speech.

To discuss; to talk about.

(transitive) To speak (a certain language).

Used to emphasise the importance, size, complexity etc. of the thing mentioned.

To confess, especially implicating others.

(intransitive) To criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself.

(intransitive) To gossip; to create scandal.

To influence someone to express something, especially a particular stance or viewpoint or in a particular manner.

A conversation or discussion; usually serious, but informal.

A lecture.

(uncountable) Gossip; rumour.

A major topic of social discussion.

A customary conversation by parent(s) or guardian(s) with their (often teenaged) child about a reality of life; in particular:

A customary conversation in which parent(s) explain sexual intercourse to their child.

(US) A customary conversation in which the parent(s) of a black child explain the racism and violence they may face, especially when interacting with police, and strategies to manage it.

Empty boasting, promises or claims.

Meeting to discuss a particular matter.

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

To confer; to reason; to consult.

To prate; to speak impertinently.

To speak freely; to use for conversing or communicating; as, to talk French.

To deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to make a subject of conversation; as, to talk nonsense; to talk politics.

To consume or spend in talking; - often followed by away; as, to talk away an evening.

To cause to be or become by talking.

The act of talking; especially, familiar converse; mutual discourse; that which is uttered, especially in familiar conversation, or the mutual converse of two or more.

Report; rumor; as, to hear talk of war.

Subject of discourse; as, his achievment is the talk of the town.

An exchange of ideas via conversation;

(`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of') discussion;

The act of giving a talk to an audience;

A speech that is open to the public;

Idle gossip or rumor;

Exchange thoughts; talk with;

Express in speech;

Use language;

Reveal information;

Divulge confidential information or secrets;

Deliver a lecture or talk;