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Hearing is involuntary; listening is the rare act of actually deciding to.
means To pay deliberate attention to sound, especially speech, in order to understand rather than merely reply.
from From Old English hlysnan, to pay attention, rooted in a Proto-Germanic word for hearing — sibling to the archaic list, meaning to heed.
Anagram twistRearranges perfectly into the word silent.
Active vs passiveHearing happens to you; listening you must choose.
Rare verbMost senses lack a separate effort-verb; sight has none.