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trochee vs metrical foot

metrical foot vs trochee

trochee and metrical foot both are nouns.

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

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