Speech and Text

Speech

Speech noun - A usually formal discourse delivered to an audience.

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Text and speech are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Text" instead a noun "Speech".

Nearby Word: speechless

Text noun - A book used for instruction in a subject.

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Speech and text are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Speech" instead a noun "Text".

Nearby Word: textual

full	full speech	full text
exact	exact speech	exact text
similar	similar speech	similar text
normal	normal speech	normal text
Other adjectives: brief, short, regular, alien, standard, original, small, actual, entire, little, bad, black, important, last, ending, different.

It Can Think: Nick is shocked to discover that the Keplarians have been studying humanity for longer than was realized, to the point that they understand human speech/text, technology and culture.

Source: Video Game / The Starship Damrey
Omniglot: Carensa's main magical talent is the ability to translate text and speech.

Source: Literature / The Ascendant Kingdoms Saga
Thunder Force VI utilizes two different languages for in-universe text and speech, neither of which are Japanese or English.

Source: Doing It For The Art / Video Games

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