opus vs incidental music

incidental music vs opus

opus and incidental music both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
opus	Yes	No	No	No
incidental music	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, incidental music is a hyponym of opus; that is, incidental music is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than opus:

opus: a musical work that has been created
incidental music: music composed to accompany the action of a drama or to fill intervals between scenes

Other hyponyms of opus include morceau, sheet music, arrangement, musical arrangement, realisation, realization, intermezzo, introit, solo, duet, duette, duo, trio, quartet, quartette, quintet, quintette, sestet, sextet, sextette, septet, septette, octet, octette, bagatelle, divertimento, serenade, canon, etude, idyl, idyll, pastoral, pastorale, sonata, toccata, fantasia, musical passage, passage, movement, larghetto, suite, symphonic poem, tone poem, medley, pastiche, potpourri, nocturne, notturno, song, vocal, study, capriccio, motet, program music, programme music, csardas, czardas.

opus (noun)	incidental music (noun)
a musical work that has been created	music composed to accompany the action of a drama or to fill intervals between scenes

Difference between opus and incidental music

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