musical note vs chord

chord vs musical note

musical note and chord both are nouns.

musical note is not a verb while chord is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
musical note	Yes	No	No	No
chord	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, chord is a hyponym of musical note; that is, chord is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than musical note:

musical note: a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
chord: a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together

Other hyponyms of musical note include keynote, tonic, supertonic, mediant, subdominant, dominant, submediant, leading tone, subtonic, pedal, pedal point, shake, trill, middle C, passing note, passing tone, semibreve, whole note, half note, minim, crotchet, quarter note, eighth note, quaver, semiquaver, sixteenth note, demisemiquaver, thirty-second note, hemidemisemiquaver, sixty-fourth note, acciaccatura, appoggiatura, grace note, blue note, monotone.

musical note (noun)	chord (noun)
a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound	a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
	a straight line connecting two points on a curve

musical note (verb)	chord (verb)
	bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing
	play chords on (a stringed instrument)

Difference between musical note and chord

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