Alliteration vs Rhythm - What's the difference?
alliteration | rhythm |
The repetition of consonants at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals.
The recurrence of the same letter in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter.
The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter.
A specifically defined pattern of such variation.
A flow, repetition or regularity.
The tempo or speed of a beat, song or repetitive event.
The musical instruments which provide rhythm (mainly; not or less melody) in a musical ensemble.
A regular quantitative change in a variable (notably natural) process.
:: ''The rhythm of the seasons dominates agriculture as well as wildlife
Controlled repetition of a phrase, incident or other element as a stylistic figure in literature and other narrative arts; the effect it creates.
As nouns the difference between alliteration and rhythm
is that alliteration is alliteration while rhythm is the variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter.alliteration
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(Webster 1913)Noun
(en noun)See also
* ("alliteration" on Wikipedia)rhythm
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(wikipedia rhythm)Noun
(en noun)- ''Dance to the rhythm of the music.
- ''Most dances have a rhythm as distinctive as the Iambic verse in poetry
- Once you get the rhythm of it, the job will become easy.
- We walked with a quick, even rhythm .
- The Baroque term ''basso continuo is virtually equivalent to rhythm
- ''The running gag is a popular rhythm in motion pictures and theater comedy