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cadence vs common meter

common meter vs cadence

cadence and common meter both are nouns.

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

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