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.
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.