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modulation vs prosody

prosody vs modulation

modulation and prosody both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
modulation Yes No No No
prosody Yes No No No
As nouns, prosody is a hypernym of modulation; that is, prosody is a word with a broader meaning than modulation:
  • modulation: rise and fall of the voice pitch
  • prosody: the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
Other hypernyms of modulation include inflection.
modulation (noun) prosody (noun)
the act of modifying or adjusting according to due measure and proportion (as with regard to artistic effect) the study of poetic meter and the art of versification
(electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
a musical passage moving from one key to another (prosody) a system of versification
rise and fall of the voice pitch
a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified
Difference between modulation and prosody

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