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Accompaniment vs Assistance - What's the difference?

accompaniment | assistance |

As nouns the difference between accompaniment and assistance

is that accompaniment is (music) a part, usually performed by instruments, that gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation; also, the harmony of a figured bass while assistance is aid; help; the act or result of assisting.

accompaniment

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (music) A part, usually performed by instruments, that gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation; also, the harmony of a figured bass.
  • That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry.

    • assistance

    English

    (wikipedia assistance)

    Alternative forms

    * assistaunce

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Aid; help; the act or result of assisting.

    • Derived terms

    * public assistance