The difference between Language and Tongue

When used as nouns, language means a body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication, whereas tongue means the flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.

When used as verbs, language means to communicate by language, whereas tongue means on a wind instrument, to articulate a note by starting the air with a tap of the tongue, as though by speaking a 'd' or 't' sound (alveolar plosive).

check bellow for the other definitions of Language and Tongue

  1. Language as a noun (countable):

    A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.

    Examples:

    "The English language and the German language are related."

    "Deaf and mute people communicate using languages like [[ASL]]."

  2. Language as a noun (uncountable):

    The ability to communicate using words.

    Examples:

    "the gift of language'"

  3. Language as a noun (uncountable):

    The vocabulary and usage of a particular specialist field.

    Examples:

    "legal language; the language of chemistry"

  4. Language as a noun (countable, uncountable):

    The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way.

    Examples:

    "body language; the language of the eyes"

  5. Language as a noun (countable, uncountable):

    A body of sounds, signs and/or signals by which animals communicate, and by which plants are sometimes also thought to communicate.

  6. Language as a noun (computing, countable):

    A computer language; a machine language.

  7. Language as a noun (uncountable):

    Manner of expression.

  8. Language as a noun (uncountable):

    The particular words used in a speech or a passage of text.

    Examples:

    "The language used in the law does not permit any other interpretation."

    "The language he used to talk to me was obscene."

  9. Language as a noun (uncountable):

    Profanity.

  1. Language as a verb (rare, now, nonstandard, or technical):

    To communicate by language; to express in language.

  1. Language as a noun:

    A languet, a flat plate in or below the flue pipe of an organ.

  1. Tongue as a noun:

    The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.

  2. Tongue as a noun (countable, uncountable):

    This organ, as taken from animals used for food (especially cows).−

    Examples:

    "cold tongue with mustard"

  3. Tongue as a noun (metonym):

    A language.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: idiom language lingo qualifier colloquial"

    "He was speaking in his native tongue."

  4. Tongue as a noun (obsolete):

    Speakers of a language, collectively.

  5. Tongue as a noun (obsolete):

    Voice ; accent .

  6. Tongue as a noun:

    Manner of speaking, often habitually.

  7. Tongue as a noun (metonym):

    A person speaking in a specified manner (most often plural).

  8. Tongue as a noun:

    The power of articulate utterance; speech generally.

  9. Tongue as a noun (obsolete):

    Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.

  10. Tongue as a noun (obsolete, uncountable):

    Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.

  11. Tongue as a noun (obsolete):

    Honourable discourse; eulogy.

  12. Tongue as a noun (religion, often in the plural):

    Glossolalia.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: speaking in tongues"

  13. Tongue as a noun:

    In a shoe, the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot (so called because it resembles a tongue in the mouth).

  14. Tongue as a noun:

    Any large or long physical protrusion on an automotive or machine part or any other part that fits into a long groove on another part.

  15. Tongue as a noun:

    A projection, or slender appendage or fixture.

    Examples:

    "the tongue of a [[buckle]], or of a [[balance]]"

  16. Tongue as a noun:

    A long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or lake.

  17. Tongue as a noun:

    The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.

  18. Tongue as a noun:

    The clapper of a bell.

  19. Tongue as a noun (figuratively):

    An individual point of flame from a fire.

  20. Tongue as a noun:

    A small sole (type of fish).

  21. Tongue as a noun (nautical):

    A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also, the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces.

  22. Tongue as a noun (music):

    A reed.

  1. Tongue as a verb (music, ambitransitive):

    On a wind instrument, to articulate a note by starting the air with a tap of the tongue, as though by speaking a 'd' or 't' sound (alveolar plosive).

    Examples:

    "Playing wind instruments involves tonguing on the reed or mouthpiece."

  2. Tongue as a verb (slang):

    To manipulate with the tongue, as in kissing or oral sex.

  3. Tongue as a verb:

    To protrude in relatively long, narrow sections.

    Examples:

    "a soil horizon that tongues into clay"

  4. Tongue as a verb:

    To join by means of a tongue and groove.

    Examples:

    "to tongue boards together"

  5. Tongue as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To talk; to prate.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Dryden"

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

    To speak; to utter.

  7. Tongue as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To chide; to scold.

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