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common meter vs metre

metre vs common meter

common meter and metre both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
common meter Yes No No No
metre Yes No No No
As nouns, metre is a hypernym of common meter; that is, metre is a word with a broader meaning than common meter:
  • common meter: the usual (iambic) meter of a ballad
  • metre: (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
Other hypernyms of common meter include beat, cadence, measure, meter.
common meter (noun) metre (noun)
the usual (iambic) meter of a ballad rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
Difference between common meter and metre

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