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anapaest vs metrical foot

metrical foot vs anapaest

anapaest and metrical foot both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
anapaest Yes No No No
metrical foot Yes No No No
As nouns, metrical foot is a hypernym of anapaest; that is, metrical foot is a word with a broader meaning than anapaest:
  • anapaest: a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables
  • metrical foot: (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
Other hypernyms of anapaest include foot, metrical unit.
anapaest (noun) metrical foot (noun)
a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
Difference between anapaest and metrical foot

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