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metre vs prosody

prosody vs metre

metre and prosody both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
metre Yes No No No
prosody Yes No No No
As nouns, prosody is a hypernym of metre; that is, prosody is a word with a broader meaning than metre:
  • metre: (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
  • prosody: (prosody) a system of versification
Other hypernyms of metre include poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern.
metre (noun) prosody (noun)
rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration the study of poetic meter and the art of versification
(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards) (prosody) a system of versification
Difference between metre and prosody

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