is a specific kind of: communication.

is a broader term that covers: usage | dead language | words | source language | object language, target language | sign language, signing | artificial language | metalanguage | native language | indigenous language | superstrate, superstratum | natural language, tongue | interlanguage, koine, lingua franca | linguistic string, string of words, word string | barrage, bombardment, onslaught, outpouring | slanguage ... show more.

domain member category: accent, accent mark | expressive style, style | language, oral communication, speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication | alphabetize | crystal clear, limpid, lucid, luculent, pellucid, perspicuous | well-turned | uncorrupted, undefiled | synchronic | diachronic, historical.