Non-verbal communication includes

Non-verbal communication includes shaking hands, a gesture that conveys meaning through touch and body movement rather than words.

Delivering a speech relies on spoken words, which makes it verbal rather than non-verbal.

A telephonic conversation carries meaning through spoken language over a channel, so it too is verbal.

Singing a song uses words and vocal language, placing it among verbal expression.

A handshake belongs to haptics, the touch dimension of body language, needing no words at all.

Gestures, postures and expressions together form the wide field of non-verbal communication.