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metrical foot vs cadence

cadence vs metrical foot

metrical foot and cadence both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
metrical foot Yes No No No
cadence Yes No No No
As nouns, cadence is a hypernym of metrical foot; that is, cadence is a word with a broader meaning than metrical foot:
  • metrical foot: (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
  • cadence: (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
Other hypernyms of metrical foot include beat, measure, meter, metre.
metrical foot (noun) cadence (noun)
(prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm a recurrent rhythmical series
the close of a musical section
(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
Difference between metrical foot and cadence

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