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Old Dec 19, 2003, 12:34 PM
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What's the difference?


Hi,
Anyone konws the difference between "conversation"
and "dialogue"?
I appreciate your help.

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Old Dec 19, 2003, 04:30 PM   #2  
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Re: What's the difference?

Conversation is when you're talking to someone else and they're talking back.

A dialogue is where you're talking to youself, much like thinking aloud.
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Old Jun 3, 2004, 12:54 AM   #3  
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Re: What's the difference?

HI there

I differ in that......
Conversation is something you do with someone else...talk to them

Dialogue is something that is read from a book.

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Peanuts

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Sunni agrees: That's what I would say.
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Re: What's the difference?

There is almost no strict distinction between the meanings of "dialogue" and "conversation".

However there seems to be an idiomatic tendency to suggest that:

(a) a dialogue is more centred upon one particular topic, while

(b) a conversation may more freely move generally from topic to topic.

In both cases it is presumed to be an oral (spoken) activity.

Reading has nothing to do with either.
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Old Mar 13, 2005, 12:17 PM   #5  
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dialogue and conversation

the meaning of the word is in the context. Often when you read the word dialogue its in a more formal situation or refers to a specific situation, like a play or in an academic setting.

conversation is more often used to communicate the idea of friends talking, or people debating in an informal setting.

you can have a conversation with yourself, but generally speaking the meaning of dialogue points to 2 or more people (monologue MONO is one person dialogue DIA is many or 2+).

Hope this helps.

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nmwirez agrees: Great answer....as a theatre goer I believe a dialogue is, more formal and predetermined.
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