silent vs speaking

silent

adj
  • Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative. 

  • With the sound turned off; usually on silent or in silent mode. 

  • Hidden, unseen. 

  • Of an edit or change to a text, not explicitly acknowledged. 

  • Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed. 

  • Having no effect; not operating; inefficient. 

  • Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet. 

  • Not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence. 

  • Of distilled spirit: having no flavour or odour. 

  • Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent. 

  • Undiagnosed or undetected because of an absence of symptoms. 

  • Without audio capability. 

noun
  • A silent movie 

  • That which is silent; a time of silence. 

speaking

adj
  • Having the ability of speech. 

  • Used in speaking. 

  • Having competence in a language. 

  • Expressive; eloquent. 

  • Involving speaking. 

noun
  • One's ability to communicate vocally in a given language. 

  • An oral recitation of e.g. a story. 

  • The act of communicating vocally. 

intj
  • Indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking. 

How often have the words silent and speaking occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )