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line of verse vs catalectic

catalectic vs line of verse

line of verse and catalectic both are nouns.

line of verse is not an adjective while catalectic is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
line of verse Yes No No No
catalectic Yes Yes No No
As nouns, catalectic is a hyponym of line of verse; that is, catalectic is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than line of verse:
  • line of verse: a single line of words in a poem
  • catalectic: (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot
Other hyponyms of line of verse include acatalectic, Alexandrine, hypercatalectic.
line of verse (noun) catalectic (noun)
a single line of words in a poem (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot
line of verse (adjective) catalectic (adjective)
(verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot
Difference between line of verse and catalectic

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