declamation vs hearing

declamation

noun
  • The public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges. 

  • The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; loud speaking in public. 

  • Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense. 

  • A set or harangue; declamatory discourse. 

hearing

noun
  • A proceeding at which discussions are heard. 

  • The sense used to perceive sound. 

  • The act by which something is heard. 

  • A legal procedure done before a judge, without a jury, as with an evidentiary hearing. 

adj
  • Able to hear, as opposed to deaf. 

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