The difference between Bespeak and Discuss
When used as verbs, bespeak means to speak about, whereas discuss means to converse or debate concerning a particular topic.
Bespeak is also noun with the meaning: a request for a specific performance.
check bellow for the other definitions of Bespeak and Discuss
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Bespeak as a verb (transitive):
To speak about; tell of; relate; discuss.
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Bespeak as a verb (transitive):
To speak for beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for; order or reserve in advance.
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Bespeak as a verb (transitive):
To stipulate, solicit, ask for, or request, as in a favour.
Examples:
"to bespeak a calm hearing;  I bespeak your patience in advance."
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Bespeak as a verb (transitive, archaic):
To forbode; foretell.
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Bespeak as a verb (transitive, archaic, poetic):
To speak to; address.
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Bespeak as a verb (transitive):
To betoken; show; indicate; foretell; suggest; allude to.
Examples:
"This act bespeaks his kindness."
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Bespeak as a verb (intransitive):
To speak up or out; exclaim; speak.
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Bespeak as a noun:
A request for a specific performance; a benefit performance, by a patron.
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Discuss as a verb (transitive):
To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.
Examples:
"Let's sit down and discuss this rationally."
"I don't wish to discuss this further. Let's talk about something else."
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Discuss as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To communicate, tell, or disclose (information, a message, etc.).
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Discuss as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To break to pieces; to shatter.
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Discuss as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To deal with, in eating or drinking.
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Discuss as a verb (transitive, legal):
To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety.
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Discuss as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To drive away, disperse, shake off; said especially of tumors.