cadence vs foot

foot vs cadence

cadence and foot both are nouns.

cadence is not a verb while foot is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cadence	Yes	No	No	No
foot	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, foot is a hyponym of cadence; that is, foot is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cadence:

cadence: (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
foot: (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm

Other hyponyms of cadence include catalexis, scansion, common measure, common meter, metrical foot, metrical unit.

cadence (noun)	foot (noun)
a recurrent rhythmical series	travel by walking
the close of a musical section	any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates
(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse	the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings
	lowest support of a structure
	a support resembling a pedal extremity
	the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
	(prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
	an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
	the lower part of anything
	a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger
	a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard

cadence (verb)	foot (verb)
	add a column of numbers
	walk
	pay for something

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