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metre vs metrical foot

metrical foot vs metre

metre and metrical foot both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
metre Yes No No No
metrical foot Yes No No No
As nouns, metrical foot is a hyponym of metre; that is, metrical foot is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than metre:
  • metre: (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
  • metrical foot: (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
Other hyponyms of metre include catalexis, scansion, common measure, common meter, foot, metrical unit.
metre (noun) metrical foot (noun)
rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
(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 metre and metrical foot

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