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metrical foot vs metre

metre vs metrical foot

metrical foot and metre both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
metrical foot Yes No No No
metre Yes No No No
As nouns, metre is a hypernym of metrical foot; that is, metre 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
  • metre: (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
Other hypernyms of metrical foot include beat, cadence, measure, meter.
metrical foot (noun) metre (noun)
(prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
(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 metrical foot and metre

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