Difference "Said" Vs "Told"

TOLD or TELL indicate that a person deliberately communicated with someone else. "He TOLD me to be quiet" or "He TOLD me about the accident".

SAID or SAY refers to words coming from someone's mouth. It doesn't matter whether anyone is listening. For example, "he cut his finger and said "****"." It can also be used like TELL or TOLD, for example "He SAID he would call me tonight", which me

KrisBlueNZTOLD or TELL indicate that a person deliberately communicated with someone else. "He TOLD me to be quiet" or "He TOLD me about the accident".

SAID or SAY refers to words coming from someone's mouth. It doesn't matter whether anyone is listening. For example, "he cut his finger and said "****"." It can also be used like TELL or TOLD, for example "He SAID

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"Say" and "Tell" have similar meanings. They both mean to communicate verbally with someone. But we often use them diffrently. The simple way to think of say and tell is:

-You say something

-You tell someone something

I hope this will help you ....

chelios"Say" and "Tell" have similar meanings. They both mean to communicate verbally with someone. But we often use them diffrently. The simple way to think of say and tell is:
-You say something
-You tell someone something
I hope this will help you ..

Thanks chelios

This is the only and simple difference I found thanks again for he

You can find the explanation in here: differene between tell and say

Told is a transitive verb. It always needs an object. If you use told without object, you are making a mistake. E.g. He told me that I am a good man(correct)(me is the object). He told that I am a good man(wrong). But said can be used without an object. He said that I am a good man(correct). I said her that we have to go there. When you say something, you're normally just making a statement. When

the principal diference is that tell requieres tell somothing to someone and said don´t need tis someone

You can't use the verb to say without the preposition to. Keep in mind the general rule: say something to somebody.
So your sentence becomes: He said to me that he is arriving soon.
Whereas the verb to tell is used without the preposition so your sentence is correct. Keep in mind the general rule: tell somebody something.