Dictation vs. Spell
Difference Between Dictation and Spell
Dictationnoun
(uncountable) Dictating, the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words.
Since I learned shorthand, I can take dictation at eighty words a minute.Spellnoun
Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
He cast a spell to cure warts.Dictationnoun
(countable) An activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down.
Spellnoun
A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula.
under a spellDictationnoun
(countable) The act of ordering or commanding.
Spellnoun
(obsolete) Speech, discourse.
Dictationnoun
(uncountable) Orders given in an overbearing manner.
His habit, even with friends, was that of dictation.Spellnoun
A shift (of work); (rare) a set of workers responsible for a specific turn of labour.
Dictationnoun
an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
Spellnoun
(informal) A definite period (of work or other activity).
Dictationnoun
speech intended for reproduction in writing
Spellnoun
(colloquial) An indefinite period of time (usually with a qualifier); by extension, a relatively short distance.
Dictationnoun
matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage;
he mailed the dictation without bothering to read itSpellnoun
A period of rest; time off.
Spellnoun
A period of illness, or sudden interval of bad spirits, disease etc.
Spellnoun
(cricket) An uninterrupted series of alternate overs bowled by a single bowler.
Spellnoun
(dialectal) A splinter, usually of wood; a spelk.
Spellnoun
The wooden bat in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell.
Spellverb
To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.
Spellverb
(obsolete) To speak, to declaim.
Spellverb
(obsolete) To tell; to relate; to teach.
Spellverb
To read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort.
Spellverb
To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word.
Spellverb
(intransitive) To be able to write or say the letters that form words.
I find it difficult to spell because I'm dyslexic.Spellverb
(transitive) Of letters: to compose (a word).
The letters “a”, “n” and “d” spell “and”.Spellverb
To indicate that (some event) will occur.
This spells trouble.Spellverb
To clarify; to explain in detail.
Please spell it out for me.Spellverb
To constitute; to measure.
Spellverb
(transitive) To work in place of (someone).
to spell the helmsmanSpellverb
(transitive) To rest (someone or something), to give someone or something a rest or break.
They spelled the horses and rested in the shade of some trees near a brook.Spellverb
To rest from work for a time.
Spellnoun
a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation
Spellnoun
a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else);
it's my goa spell of workSpellnoun
a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition;
he was here for a little whileI need to rest for a piecea spell of good weathera patch of bad weatherSpellnoun
a verbal formula believed to have magical force;
he whispered a spell as he moved his handsinscribed around its base is a charm in BalineseSpellverb
recite the letters of or give the spelling of;
How do you spell this word?Spellverb
indicate or signify;
I'm afraid this spells trouble!Spellverb
write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word);
He spelled the word wrong in this letterSpellverb
place under a spell
