Discourse and Language

Discourse

Discourse noun - Talking or a talk between two or more people.

Language is a synonym for discourse in speech topic. In some cases you can use "Language" instead a noun "Discourse".

Nearby Words: discoursed, discoursing

Language

Language noun - The stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication.
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Synonyms for Language

Discourse is a synonym for language in speech topic. You can use "Discourse" instead a noun "Language", if it concerns topics such as system of words for communication.

How words are described

normal normal discourse normal language
standard standard discourse standard language
polite polite discourse polite language
crude crude discourse crude language
Other adjectives: actual, real, official, modern, magical.

Both words in one sentence

  • In even earlier centuries, Latin was the preferred language for scholarly discourse.
    Source: Common Tongue
  • Of course, it only takes a month of instruction for Eragon to be literate enough to gather information from government records, and only a few months after that for him to read philosophical discourse and write epic poetry (in a different language).
  • Dehumanization can occur discursively (e.g., idiomatic language that likens certain human beings to non-human animals, verbal abuse, erasing one's voice from discourse), symbolically (e.g., imagery), or physically (e.g., chattel slavery, physical abuse, refusing eye contact).
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Language and Discourse. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/discourse/language
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