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intonation vs prosody

prosody vs intonation

intonation and prosody both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
intonation Yes No No No
prosody Yes No No No
As nouns, prosody is a hypernym of intonation; that is, prosody is a word with a broader meaning than intonation:
  • intonation: rise and fall of the voice pitch
  • prosody: the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
Other hypernyms of intonation include inflection.
intonation (noun) prosody (noun)
the act of singing in a monotonous tone the study of poetic meter and the art of versification
singing by a soloist of the opening piece of plainsong the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
the production of musical tones (by voice or instrument); especially the exactitude of the pitch relations (prosody) a system of versification
rise and fall of the voice pitch
Difference between intonation and prosody

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