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Acatalectic vs Catalectic - What's the difference?

acatalectic | catalectic |

As adjectives the difference between acatalectic and catalectic

is that acatalectic is (poetry|prosody) designating a line of verse having the required number of syllables in the last foot while catalectic is (poetry) said of a line with incomplete meter, lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot.

As a noun acatalectic

is (poetry|prosody) a verse which has the complete number of feet and syllables.

acatalectic

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (poetry, prosody) Designating a line of verse having the required number of syllables in the last foot.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (poetry, prosody) A verse which has the complete number of feet and syllables

    • catalectic

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (poetry) Said of a line with incomplete meter, lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot.
  • incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance
    • (Abney)

    See also

    * catalexis