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

  1. Bespeak as a verb (transitive):

    To speak about; tell of; relate; discuss.

  2. Bespeak as a verb (transitive):

    To speak for beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for; order or reserve in advance.

  3. 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."

  4. Bespeak as a verb (transitive, archaic):

    To forbode; foretell.

  5. Bespeak as a verb (transitive, archaic, poetic):

    To speak to; address.

  6. Bespeak as a verb (transitive):

    To betoken; show; indicate; foretell; suggest; allude to.

    Examples:

    "This act bespeaks his kindness."

  7. Bespeak as a verb (intransitive):

    To speak up or out; exclaim; speak.

  1. Bespeak as a noun:

    A request for a specific performance; a benefit performance, by a patron.

  1. 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."

  2. Discuss as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To communicate, tell, or disclose (information, a message, etc.).

  3. Discuss as a verb (obsolete, transitive):

    To break to pieces; to shatter.

  4. Discuss as a verb (obsolete, transitive):

    To deal with, in eating or drinking.

  5. 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.

  6. Discuss as a verb (obsolete, transitive):

    To drive away, disperse, shake off; said especially of tumors.

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