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quarter-tone vs interval

interval vs quarter-tone

quarter-tone and interval both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
quarter-tone Yes No No No
interval Yes No No No
As nouns, interval is a hypernym of quarter-tone; that is, interval is a word with a broader meaning than quarter-tone:
  • quarter-tone: half of a semitone
  • interval: the difference in pitch between two notes
Other hypernyms of quarter-tone include musical interval.
quarter-tone (noun) interval (noun)
half of a semitone the distance between things
a set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints
the difference in pitch between two notes
a definite length of time marked off by two instants
Difference between quarter-tone and interval

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