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spondee vs metrical foot

metrical foot vs spondee

spondee and metrical foot both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
spondee Yes No No No
metrical foot Yes No No No
As nouns, metrical foot is a hypernym of spondee; that is, metrical foot is a word with a broader meaning than spondee:
  • spondee: a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables
  • metrical foot: (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
Other hypernyms of spondee include foot, metrical unit.
spondee (noun) metrical foot (noun)
a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
Difference between spondee and metrical foot

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