spoken communication
Talking to someone
Spoken communication is the exchange of information through speech rather than writing, signing, or other means.
The term appears in formal or academic contexts where distinguishing verbal from nonverbal communication matters: The job requires strong spoken communication skills.
In everyday use, people simply say talking or speaking.
- monologueUninterrupted solo address
- mouthOral opening
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
- face to faceIn someone's presence
- small talkPolite trivial conversation
informing · dialogue · heated argument · voice · storytelling · speech · interview · shout · pep talk · debate · phoneme · whisper · pillow talk · microphone · word of mouth · tone · voice inflection · accent
spoken communicationwritten communication
Information conveyed through text
writing · written language · sign language · text · written word
spoken communicationsilence
Total lack of sound
muteness · speechlessness · taciturnity · reticence · withholding
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