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cadence vs metrical foot

metrical foot vs cadence

cadence and metrical foot both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
cadence Yes No No No
metrical foot Yes No No No
As nouns, metrical foot is a hyponym of cadence; that is, metrical foot is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cadence:
  • cadence: (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
  • metrical 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, foot, metrical unit.
cadence (noun) metrical foot (noun)
a recurrent rhythmical series (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
the close of a musical section
(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
Difference between cadence and metrical foot

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