Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-46.208.244.194-20131228112337/@comment-9421524-20131228153217

The Dragonborn is better at learning shouts, and can use them flawlessly, but that's out of the instinct of his soul. The Greybeards, quotes, "feel the word within themsleves", so would be able to use shouts more frequently and with either no or a much faster cooldown period.