prosody vs measure

measure vs prosody

prosody and measure both are nouns.

prosody is not a verb while measure is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
prosody	Yes	No	No	No
measure	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, measure is a hyponym of prosody; that is, measure is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than prosody:

prosody: (prosody) a system of versification
measure: (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

Other hyponyms of prosody include beat, cadence, meter, metre, sprung rhythm.

prosody (noun)	measure (noun)
the study of poetic meter and the art of versification	how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
the patterns of stress and intonation in a language	the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
(prosody) a system of versification	any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
	measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements
	a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance
	musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
	(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
	a statute in draft before it becomes law
	a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated

prosody (verb)	measure (verb)
	express as a number or measure or quantity
	determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of
	evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
	have certain dimensions

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