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musical rhythm vs syncopation

syncopation vs musical rhythm

musical rhythm and syncopation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
musical rhythm Yes No No No
syncopation Yes No No No
As nouns, syncopation is a hyponym of musical rhythm; that is, syncopation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than musical rhythm:
  • musical rhythm: the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
  • syncopation: a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat
Other hyponyms of musical rhythm include backbeat, downbeat, offbeat, upbeat, free rhythm, measured rhythm.
musical rhythm (noun) syncopation (noun)
the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat
(phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')
music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm
Difference between musical rhythm and syncopation

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