Stanojević, Dobrivoje Ž.Đorđević, Marko2023-02-062023-02-0620221451-673Xhttps://scidar.kg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/15525The paper deals with differences between rhetoric as a science and oratory as a practice, as well as the difference between oratory and public speeches. It is concluded that oratory implies a highly aestheticized speech with the possibility of prior preparation, delivered in solemn circumstances, while oratory implies improvised, prepared and learned public speech.srrhetoricoratorypublic speechoratorarticle10.46793/Uzdanica19.2.099S