Speak and To utter

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Speak verb - To express (a thought or emotion) in words.

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To utter and speak are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "To utter" with "Speak", this terms are similar.

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Speak and to utter are semantically related. You can use "Speak" instead a verb phrase "To utter".

The unlucky wight did not speak so low but that Roque overheard him, and drawing his sword almost split his head in two, saying, "That is the way I punish impudent saucy fellows." They were all taken aback, and not one of them dared to utter a word, such deference did they pay him.

Source: Deadpan Snarker / Literature

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