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cadence vs catalexis

catalexis vs cadence

cadence and catalexis both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
cadence Yes No No No
catalexis Yes No No No
As nouns, catalexis is a hyponym of cadence; that is, catalexis is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cadence:
  • cadence: (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
  • catalexis: the absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse
Other hyponyms of cadence include scansion, common measure, common meter, foot, metrical foot, metrical unit.
cadence (noun) catalexis (noun)
a recurrent rhythmical series the absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse
the close of a musical section
(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
Difference between cadence and catalexis

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