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Audience vs Clapalong - What's the difference?

audience | clapalong |

As nouns the difference between audience and clapalong

is that audience is audience while clapalong is (rare) a musical performance which the audience is encouraged to accompany by clapping the hands.

audience

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • * 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Luke VII:
    • When he had ended all his sayinges in the audience of the people, he entred into Capernaum.
  • A group of people within hearing; specifically a group of people listening to a performance, speech etc.; the crowd seeing a stage performance.
  • * , chapter=3
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.”  He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.}}
    We joined the audience just as the lights went down.
  • A formal meeting with a state or religious dignitary.
  • The readership of a book or other written publication.
  • A following.

    • Usage notes

    * In some dialects, audience is used as a plurale tantum. *: The audience are getting restless.

    Synonyms

    * * (group of people seeing a performance) spectators, crowd

    Derived terms

    () * intended audience * target audience

    Related terms

    () * audition

    External links

    * (wikipedia "audience") ----

    clapalong

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) A musical performance which the audience is encouraged to accompany by clapping the hands.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=July 2, author=Jon Pareles, title=Everyone Join In: Sing, Clap and Hug, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=He cued clapalongs , singalongs and synchronized arm movements. }}