lyric vs text
text vs lyriclyric and text both are nouns.
lyric is an adjective but text is not an adjective.
lyric and text both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| lyric | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| text | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
text is a hypernym of
lyric; that is, text is a
word with a broader meaning than lyric:
- lyric: the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number
- text: the words of something written
Other hypernyms of lyric include
textual matter.
| lyric (noun) | text (noun) |
|---|---|
| a short poem of songlike quality | the words of something written |
| the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number | the main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.) |
| a book prepared for use in schools or colleges | |
| a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon |
| lyric (adjective) | text (adjective) |
|---|---|
| used of a singer or singing voice that is light in volume and modest in range | |
| of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses emotion (often in a songlike way) | |
| relating to or being musical drama | |
| expressing deep emotion |
| lyric (verb) | text (verb) |
|---|---|
| write lyrics for (a song) | to send a message by SMS or similar text-based messaging service |
Words related to "lyric"
Words related to "text"
- Bible
- Book
- Christian Bible
- Good Book
- Holy Scripture
- Holy Writ
- Scripture
- Word
- Word of God
- book
- chapter
- column
- cookie
- copy
- crammer
- draft
- draft copy
- electronic text
- foreword
- installment
- instalment
- introduction
- language
- letter
- line
- lipogram
- lyric
- matter
- message
- missive
- paragraph
- passage
- preface
- primer
- prolusion
- publication
- reader
- school text
- schoolbook
- speech balloon
- speech bubble
- stanza
- text edition
- textbook
- textual
- textual matter
- word order
- words
- written matter
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