lectura/discourso
A veces yo veo mucha palabras en español un poco similar, por ejemplo, lectura y discurso. ¿Hay mucha diferencia entre los dos? El diccionario no esta claro.
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lectura means reading (the process of extracting meaning from a written or printed text) and discurso means speech. Saludos!
I think it's reasonable to say that a lecture "una lectura" is mostly used for a teaching or training session for students which may or may not be accomplished by reading a book. Personal experience says that many lectures may just as well be read from a book as delivered without aids. A discourse, "un discurso" is less set in its pattern and is designed more to impart information than to condition the listeners.
Hope this helps.