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pitter-patter vs rap

rap vs pitter-patter

pitter-patter and rap both are nouns.

pitter-patter and rap both are verbs.

pitter-patter is an adverb but rap is not an adverb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
pitter-patter Yes No Yes Yes
rap Yes No Yes No
As nouns, rap is a hypernym of pitter-patter; that is, rap is a word with a broader meaning than pitter-patter:
  • pitter-patter: a series of rapid tapping sounds
  • rap: the sound made by a gentle blow
Other hypernyms of pitter-patter include pat, tap.
pitter-patter (noun) rap (noun)
a series of rapid tapping sounds the act of hitting vigorously
a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
voluble conversation
genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged
the sound made by a gentle blow
a gentle blow
pitter-patter (verb) rap (verb)
make light, rapid and repeated sounds talk volubly
rain gently strike sharply
perform rap music
make light, repeated taps on a surface
pitter-patter (adverb) rap (adverb)
describing a rhythmic beating
as of footsteps
Difference between pitter-patter and rap

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