Aural vs Oral | Most English Learners Get This Wrong!

[00:00:00]Do you know the difference between aural and oral? They sound almost the same, but they mean completely different things. The word aural relates to hearing or sound. Anything connected to your ears and what you hear is aural.

[00:00:11]Example, the lecture included an oral test. This means it was a listening test, a test based on sound and hearing.

[00:00:18]The word oral relates to speaking or the mouth. Anything connected to your mouth, speaking, eating, or medicine is oral.

[00:00:25]Example, the doctor gave the medicine orally. This means the medicine was taken through the mouth, not injected.

[00:00:31]Easy trick to remember, aural equals audio, oral equals mouth. Now you'll never mix them up again.