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cadence vs common measure

common measure vs cadence

cadence and common measure both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
cadence Yes No No No
common measure Yes No No No
As nouns, common measure is a hyponym of cadence; that is, common measure is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cadence:
  • cadence: (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
  • common measure: the usual (iambic) meter of a ballad
Other hyponyms of cadence include catalexis, scansion, common meter, foot, metrical foot, metrical unit.
cadence (noun) common measure (noun)
a recurrent rhythmical series the usual (iambic) meter of a ballad
the close of a musical section an integer that divides two (or more) other integers evenly
(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse a time signature indicating four beats to the bar
Difference between cadence and common measure

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