Difference between Extemporise and Ad-lib

What is the difference between Extemporise and Ad-lib?

Extemporise as a verb is to do something, particularly to perform or speak, without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise. while Ad-lib as a verb is to improvise all or part of a speech or other performance, especially in comedy.

Extemporise

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To do something, particularly to perform or speak, without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise. To do something in a makeshift way. To make or create extempore. To compose extemporaneously or improvise.

Ad-lib

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To improvise all or part of a speech or other performance, especially in comedy.

We hope you now know whether to use Extemporise or Ad-lib in your sentence.

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