Verbal vs. Dialog
Verbaladjective
Of or relating to words.
Dialognoun
A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.
Verbaladjective
Concerned with the words, rather than the substance of a text.
Dialognoun
In a dramatic or literary presentation, the verbal parts of the script or text; the verbalizations of the actors or characters.
Verbaladjective
Consisting of words only.
Dialognoun
A literary form, where the presentation resembles a conversation.
Verbaladjective
Expressly spoken rather than written.
‘a verbal contract’; ‘a verbal testimony’;
Dialognoun
(computing) A dialog box.
Verbaladjective
(grammar) Derived from, or having the nature of a verb.
Dialogverb
To discuss or negotiate so that all parties can reach an understanding.
Verbaladjective
(grammar) Used to form a verb.
Dialognoun
a conversation between two persons
Verbaladjective
Capable of speech.
Dialognoun
the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction
Verbaladjective
Word for word.
‘a verbal translation’;
Dialognoun
a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people;
‘he has read Plato's Dialogues in the original Greek’;
Verbaladjective
(obsolete) Abounding with words; verbose.
Verbalnoun
(grammar) A verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals.
Verbalverb
To induce into fabricating a confession.
Verbaladjective
Expressed in words, whether spoken or written, but commonly in spoken words; hence, spoken; oral; not written; as, a verbal contract; verbal testimony.
‘Made she no verbal question?’; ‘We subjoin an engraving . . . which will give the reader a far better notion of the structure than any verbal description could convey to the mind.’;
Verbaladjective
Consisting in, or having to do with, words only; dealing with words rather than with the ideas intended to be conveyed; as, a verbal critic; a verbal change.
‘And loses, though but verbal, his reward.’; ‘Mere verbal refinements, instead of substantial knowledge.’;
Verbaladjective
Having word answering to word; word for word; literal; as, a verbal translation.
Verbaladjective
Abounding with words; verbose.
Verbaladjective
Of or pertaining to a verb; as, a verbal group; derived directly from a verb; as, a verbal noun; used in forming verbs; as, a verbal prefix.
Verbalnoun
A noun derived from a verb.
Verbaladjective
communicated in the form of words;
‘verbal imagery’; ‘a verbal protest’;
Verbaladjective
of or relating to or formed from words in general;
‘verbal ability’;
Verbaladjective
of or relating to or formed from a verb;
‘verbal adjectives like `running' in `hot and cold running water'’;
Verbaladjective
relating to or having facility in the use of words;
‘a good poet is a verbal artist’; ‘a merely verbal writer who sacrifices content to sound’; ‘verbal aptitude’;
Verbaladjective
expressed in spoken words;
‘a verbal contract’;
Verbaladjective
prolix;
‘you put me to forget a lady's manners by being so verbal’;
Verbaladjective
relating to or in the form of words
‘verbal abuse’; ‘the root of the problem is visual rather than verbal’;
Verbaladjective
spoken rather than written; oral
‘a verbal agreement’;
Verbaladjective
tending to talk a lot
‘he's very verbal’;
Verbaladjective
relating to or derived from a verb
‘a verbal adjective’;
Verbalnoun
a word or words functioning as a verb.
Verbalnoun
a verbal noun.
Verbalnoun
abuse; insults
‘just a bit of air-wave verbals’;
Verbalnoun
the lyrics of a song or the dialogue of a film
‘it is the responsibility of the directors to do better with the verbals’;
Verbalnoun
a verbal statement containing a damaging admission alleged to have been made to the police, and offered as evidence by the prosecution.
Verbalverb
attribute a damaging statement to (a suspect), especially dishonestly.
