04/04/2026
What is difference between "Listen" and "Hear"?
We use "listen" when our attention is fully to something. We focus on listening and "to" preposition will always be used while using listen.
Example: I listen to your lecture. (Now, I pay full attention listening and understanding the lecture)
Hear: We use hear that sounds are entering into our ears but we don't have focus or attention to words.Hear is also used for guessing that we know but not confirmed.
Example: We heard (2nd form of verb "Hear") that petrol prices will be hiked. (Guessing but not confirmed)
I was hearing but didn't understand anything.
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