What is the difference between speak and say, and what is the difference between hear and listen?

Question

What is the difference between speak and say, and what is the difference between hear and listen?

Answer 1

One can speak without saying anything, or hear without listening ;-)



There's very little distinction between "speak" and "say", other than grammatical usage.



Hearing is simply perceiving a sound; listening implies making an effort to hear.

Answer 2

Speaking is deeper than saying. When someone is speaking there must me a listener; it requires conversation. Saying can be a piece of word about feeling or emotions that can be uttered nor delivered by shouting, crying; anyone can say anything without a listener.



Listening includes understanding ang sympathy. Hearing does not requires attention.