measure vs prosody

prosody vs measure

measure and prosody both are nouns.

measure is a verb but prosody is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
measure	Yes	No	Yes	No
prosody	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, prosody is a hypernym of measure; that is, prosody is a word with a broader meaning than measure:

measure: (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
prosody: (prosody) a system of versification

Other hypernyms of measure include poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern.

measure (noun)	prosody (noun)
how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify	the study of poetic meter and the art of versification
the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule	the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal	(prosody) a system of versification
measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements
a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance
musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
a statute in draft before it becomes law
a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated

measure (verb)	prosody (verb)
express as a number or measure or quantity
determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of
evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
have certain dimensions

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