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caesura vs prosody

prosody vs caesura

caesura and prosody both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
caesura Yes No No No
prosody Yes No No No
As nouns, prosody is a hypernym of caesura; that is, prosody is a word with a broader meaning than caesura:
  • caesura: a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line
  • prosody: the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
Other hypernyms of caesura include inflection.
caesura (noun) prosody (noun)
a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line the study of poetic meter and the art of versification
a pause or interruption (as in a conversation) the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
(prosody) a system of versification
Difference between caesura and prosody

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