Oral vs. Verbal

By Jaxson

  • Oral (adjective)

    Relating to the mouth.

  • Oral (adjective)

    Spoken rather than written.

    “an oral presentation; an oral French exam”

  • Oral (noun)

    A spoken test or examination, particularly in a language class.

  • Oral (noun)

    A physical examination of the mouth.

  • Oral (noun)

    Oral sex.

  • Verbal (adjective)

    Of or relating to words.

    “wordish”

  • Verbal (adjective)

    Concerned with the words, rather than the substance of a text.

  • Verbal (adjective)

    Consisting of words only.

    “non-verbal|substantive”

  • Verbal (adjective)

    Expressly spoken rather than written.

    “a verbal contract”

    “a verbal testimony”

  • Verbal (adjective)

    Derived from, or having the nature of a verb.

    “rhematic”

  • Verbal (adjective)

    Used to form a verb.

  • Verbal (adjective)

    Capable of speech.

    “preverbal”

  • Verbal (adjective)

    Word for word.

    “literal|verbatim”

    “a verbal translation”

  • Verbal (adjective)

    Abounding with words; verbose.

  • Verbal (noun)

    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.

  • Verbal (verb)

    To fabricating a confession.

Wiktionary
  • Oral (adjective)

    spoken rather than written; verbal

    “they had reached an oral agreement”

  • Oral (adjective)

    relating to the transmission of information or literature by word of mouth

    “oral literature”

    “a society with an oral tradition”

  • Oral (adjective)

    (of a society) not having reached the stage of literacy.

  • Oral (adjective)

    relating to the mouth

    “oral hygiene”

  • Oral (adjective)

    done or taken by the mouth

    “oral contraceptives”

  • Oral (adjective)

    (of a speech sound) pronounced by the voice resonating in the mouth, as the vowels in English.

  • Oral (adjective)

    (in Freudian theory) relating to or denoting a stage of infantile psychosexual development in which the mouth is the main source of pleasure and the centre of experience.

  • Oral (noun)

    a spoken examination or test

    “a French oral”

  • Verbal (adjective)

    relating to or in the form of words

    “verbal abuse”

    “the root of the problem is visual rather than verbal”

  • Verbal (adjective)

    spoken rather than written; oral

    “a verbal agreement”

  • Verbal (adjective)

    tending to talk a lot

    “he’s very verbal”

  • Verbal (adjective)

    relating to or derived from a verb

    “a verbal adjective”

  • Verbal (noun)

    a word or words functioning as a verb.

  • Verbal (noun)

    a verbal noun.

  • Verbal (noun)

    abuse; insults

    “just a bit of air-wave verbals”

  • Verbal (noun)

    the lyrics of a song or the dialogue of a film

    “it is the responsibility of the directors to do better with the verbals”

  • Verbal (noun)

    a verbal statement containing a damaging admission alleged to have been made to the police, and offered as evidence by the prosecution.

  • Verbal (verb)

    attribute a damaging statement to (a suspect), especially dishonestly.

Oxford Dictionary

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