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Accompaniment vs Companionship - What's the difference?

accompaniment | companionship |

As nouns the difference between accompaniment and companionship

is that accompaniment is 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 companionship is the state of having or being a companion.

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.

    • companionship

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The state of having or being a companion.
  • An association, a fellowship.
  • The state of being a journeyman.
  • An organized group of people.

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