The difference between Expect and Listen

When used as verbs, expect means to look for (mentally), whereas listen means to pay attention to a sound or speech.

check bellow for the other definitions of Expect and Listen

  1. Expect as a verb:

    To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; -- often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, that).

    Examples:

    "I expect to receive wages.  I expect that the troops will be defeated."

  2. Expect as a verb:

    To consider obligatory or required.

  3. Expect as a verb:

    To consider reasonably due.

    Examples:

    "You are expected to get the task done by the end of next week."

  4. Expect as a verb (continuous aspect only, of a woman or couple):

    To be pregnant, to consider a baby due.

  5. Expect as a verb (obsolete, transitive):

    To wait for; to await.

  6. Expect as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):

    To wait; to stay.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Sandys"

  1. Listen as a verb (intransitive):

    To pay attention to a sound or speech.

    Examples:

    "Please listen carefully as I explain.  nowrap I like to listen to music."

  2. Listen as a verb (intransitive):

    To expect or wait for a sound, such as a signal.

    Examples:

    "You should listen for the starting gun."

  3. Listen as a verb (intransitive):

    To accept advice or obey instruction; to agree or assent.

    Examples:

    "'Listen, the only reason I yelled at you was because nowrap I was upset, OK?  nowrap Good children listen to their parents."

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

    To hear (something or someone), to pay attention to.

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