vocal vs vocative

vocal

adj
  • Of, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech. 

  • Relating to, composed or arranged for, or sung by the human voice. 

  • Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng. 

  • Used in the production of speech sounds. 

  • Synonym of expressive. 

  • Uttered or modulated by the voice; expressed in words. 

  • Full of voices. 

  • Expressing opinions or feelings freely, loudly, or insistently. 

  • Having or exercising the power of producing voice, speech, or sound. 

  • Synonym of vocalic. 

noun
  • A part of a piece of music that is sung. 

  • A musical performance involving singing. 

  • A man in the Roman Catholic Church who has a right to vote in certain elections. 

  • A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic. 

vocative

adj
  • Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling or vocation. 

  • Used in address; appellative (said of that case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person or thing is addressed). For example "Domine, O Lord" 

noun
  • The vocative case 

  • A word in the vocative case 

  • Something said to (or as though to) a particular person or thing; an entreaty, an invocation. 

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