Ballad vs Saga - What's the difference?
ballad | saga |
A kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; especially, a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas.
A slow romantic pop song.
An Old Norse (Icelandic) prose narrative, especially one dealing with family or social histories and legends.
Something with the qualities of such a saga; an epic, a long story.
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As nouns the difference between ballad and saga
is that ballad is a kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; especially, a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas while saga is an Old Norse (Icelandic) prose narrative, especially one dealing with family or social histories and legends.As a verb ballad
is to make mention of in ballads.As a proper noun Saga is
saga Prefecture - a prefecture in the Western island, Kyushu, Japan.ballad
English
Noun
(en noun)- The poet composed a ballad praising the heroic exploits of the fallen commander.
- On Friday nights, the roller rink had a time-block called "Lovers' Lap" when they played nothing but ballads on the overhead speakers.
Quotations
* 1885, *: A wandering minstrel I — *: A thing of shreds and patches, *: Of ballads , songs and snatches,saga
English
Noun
(en noun)Blackburn 0-4 Man City, passage=Manchester City put the Carlos Tevez saga behind them with a classy victory at Blackburn that keeps them level on points with leaders Manchester United.}}
Obama goes troll-hunting, passage=According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.}}
