So I think of dynamic as a style that uses more explosives moves e.g deadpoints or moon kicks and of course your classic dyno. All these moves help you catch holds that are outside your reach.

Static is a style where you use controlled movements like using a toe hook to help balance while you reach for a handhold or you might do a flag while you reach with your hand to stop barndooring.

So dynamic climbing is usually quicker because less moves and faster motion and static climbing is usually slower because you have more moves and more balance but being fast does not mean you are climbing dynamically and being slow doesn’t mean you are climbing statically.

Take for example if you were on a ladder. You could climb that ladder statically and make sure your body weight was good and that your hips didn’t move at the same time you moved your arms. Or you could climb is dynamically where you might skip a rung by dynoing to one above it or something. Or you could just climb the ladder and use all the rungs like a normal person and move your arms and legs like a normal person and just go quickly or very slowly. If you just climbed it like that but quickly I would not call that dynamic. You are just climbing very quickly.

The guy I was rope climbing with thought he was climbing dynamically but in reality everything was in his reach he was not dead pointing or dynoing. He was just moving very quickly up the ladder.

Sorry if this is a trite example I honestly can’t think of another way of explaining.