The difference between Silent and Vocal

When used as nouns, silent means that which is silent, whereas vocal means a vocal sound.

When used as adjectives, silent means free from sound or noise, whereas vocal means of or pertaining to the voice or speech.

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  1. Silent as an adjective:

    Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.

  2. Silent as an adjective:

    Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.

  3. Silent as an adjective:

    Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed.

    Examples:

    "The wind is silent."

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  4. Silent as an adjective ([[pronunciation]]):

    Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent.

    Examples:

    "The ''e'' is silent in ''fable''."

    "Silent letters can make some words difficult to spell."

  5. Silent as an adjective:

    Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.

  6. Silent as an adjective (technology):

    With the sound turned off; usually on silent or in silent mode.

    Examples:

    "My phone was on silent."

  7. Silent as an adjective (technology):

    Without audio capability.

    Examples:

    "The Magnavox Odyssey was a silent console."

  8. Silent as an adjective:

    Hidden, unseen.

    Examples:

    "a silent voter; a silent partner"

  9. Silent as an adjective:

    Of an edit or change to a text, not explicitly acknowledged.

    Examples:

    "silent revisions; a silent emendation"

  10. Silent as an adjective:

    Not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence.

  11. Silent as an adjective:

    Undiagnosed or undetected because of an absence of symptoms.

  12. Silent as an adjective:

    Of distilled spirit: having no flavour or odour.

  1. Silent as a noun (uncountable):

    That which is silent; a time of silence.

  2. Silent as a noun:

    A silent movie

  1. Vocal as an adjective:

    Of or pertaining to the voice or speech

    Examples:

    "'vocal problems"

  2. Vocal as an adjective:

    Having a voice

  3. Vocal as an adjective:

    Uttered or modulated by the voice; oral

    Examples:

    "'vocal melody"

    "'vocal prayer"

    "'vocal worship"

  4. Vocal as an adjective:

    Of or pertaining to a voice sound; spoken

  5. Vocal as an adjective (phonetics):

    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 , , ng; sonant; intonated; voiced. See voice, and vowel

  6. Vocal as an adjective (phonetics):

    Of or pertaining to a vowel; having the character of a vowel; vowel

    Examples:

    "a vocal sound"

  7. Vocal as an adjective:

    loud; getting oneself heard.

    Examples:

    "The protesters were very vocal in their message to the mayor."

  1. Vocal as a noun (phonetics):

    A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic; distinguished from a subvocal, and a nonvocal

  2. Vocal as a noun (Roman Catholic Church):

    A man who has a right to vote in certain elections.

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