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scansion vs metre

metre vs scansion

scansion and metre both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
scansion Yes No No No
metre Yes No No No
As nouns, metre is a hypernym of scansion; that is, metre is a word with a broader meaning than scansion:
  • scansion: analysis of verse into metrical patterns
  • metre: (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
Other hypernyms of scansion include beat, cadence, measure, meter.
scansion (noun) metre (noun)
analysis of verse into metrical patterns rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
Difference between scansion and metre

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