Lisp vs. Stammer

Lisp vs. Stammer — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Lisp and Stammer

Lispnoun

The habit or an act of lisping.

He used to have a terrible lisp before going to a speech therapist.It's common for children to speak with a lisp.

Stammerverb

(intransitive) To keep repeating a particular sound involuntarily during speech.

Lispverb

To pronounce the consonant ‘s’ imperfectly; to give ‘s’ and ‘z’ the sounds of ‘th’ (lang=en). This is a speech impediment common among children.

Until the age of 10, Dominic would lisp, but this was fixed by a speech therapist.

Stammerverb

(transitive) To utter with a stammer, or with timid hesitancy.

He blushed, and stammered a few words of apology.

Lispverb

To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, such as a child learning to talk.

Stammernoun

The involuntary repetition of a sound in speech.

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Lispverb

(archaic) To speak hesitatingly and with a low voice, as if afraid.

Stammernoun

a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds

Lispverb

(archaic) to express by the use of simple, childlike language.

Stammerverb

speak haltingly;

The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room

Lispverb

(archaic) To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or confidentially.

to lisp treason

Lispnoun

a speech defect that involves pronouncing s like voiceless th and z like voiced th

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Lispnoun

a flexible procedure-oriented programing language that manipulates symbols in the form of lists

Lispverb

speak with a lisp