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prosody vs metre

metre vs prosody

prosody and metre both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
prosody Yes No No No
metre Yes No No No
As nouns, metre is a hyponym of prosody; that is, metre is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than prosody:
  • prosody: (prosody) a system of versification
  • metre: (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
Other hyponyms of prosody include beat, cadence, measure, meter, sprung rhythm.
prosody (noun) metre (noun)
the study of poetic meter and the art of versification rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
the patterns of stress and intonation in a language (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
(prosody) a system of versification the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
Difference between prosody and metre

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