Listening and Silence

Listening

Listening noun - The act of hearing attentively.

Silence and listening are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Silence" instead a noun "Listening".

Nearby Words: listen, listened, listener

Silence

Silence noun - Incapacity for or restraint from speaking.

Listening and silence are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Listening" instead a noun "Silence".

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Visible Silence In Mitadake High, players will usually express silence, either when listening to someone else or when they are left speechless with "..."
  • And in the naked light I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more People talking without speaking People hearing without listening People writing songs that voices never share And no one dared Disturb the sound of silence
  • The Silence of the Lambs has a few of these, including Buffalo Bill's disturbing dance to the tune of "Goodbye Horses" while his victim screams in the background, and Hannibal killing and cannibalizing two guards while wistfully listening to Bach's "Goldberg Variations".
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