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Antiphony vs Antiphone - What's the difference?

antiphony | antiphone |

In music|lang=en terms the difference between antiphony and antiphone

is that antiphony is (music) alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts; a piece sung or chanted in this manner while antiphone is (music) the response which one side of the choir makes to the other in a chant; alternate chanting or singing.

As nouns the difference between antiphony and antiphone

is that antiphony is (music) alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts; a piece sung or chanted in this manner while antiphone is (music) the response which one side of the choir makes to the other in a chant; alternate chanting or singing.

antiphony

English

Noun

(antiphonies)
  • (music) alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts; a piece sung or chanted in this manner
  • alternate, or responsive ideas or opinions; juxtaposition
  • * 1662 , , Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 76:
    • "Besides that Cardan'' pleases himself with that ''Antiphonie'' in Nature, that as the ''Ostrich'' being a ''Bird'', yet never shes in the Aire, so this ''Bird of Paradise should alwayes be in the Aire, and never rest upon the Earth."

    antiphone

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (music) The response which one side of the choir makes to the other in a chant; alternate chanting or singing.
    • (Webster 1913)