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tempo vs beats per minute

beats per minute vs tempo

tempo and beats per minute both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
tempo Yes No No No
beats per minute Yes No No No
As nouns, beats per minute is a hyponym of tempo; that is, beats per minute is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than tempo:
  • tempo: the rate of some repeating event
  • beats per minute: the pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds
Other hyponyms of tempo include bpm, M.M., metronome marking.
tempo (noun) beats per minute (noun)
the rate of some repeating event the pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds
(music) the speed at which a composition is to be played
Difference between tempo and beats per minute

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