Both vs Duet - What's the difference?
both | duet |
Each of the two; one and the other.
* (Bible), (w) xxi. 27
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, title= (obsolete) Each of more than two.
* (Oliver Goldsmith) (1730-1774)
* (Samuel Taylor Coleridge) (1772-1834)
(music) A musical composition in two parts, each performed by a single voice (singer, instrument or univoce ensemble).
A pair or couple, especially one that is harmonious or elegant.
* 2005 , James Henderson, Caribbean and the Bahamas
To perform a duet.
(intransitive, zoology, of male and female pairs) To communicate (warnings, mating calls, etc.) through song.
As a determiner both
is each of the two; one and the other.As a conjunction both
is including both (used with and).As a noun duet is
duet.both
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Alternative forms
* bothe (archaic)Determiner
(en determiner)- Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
- He will not bear the loss of his rank, because he can bear the loss of his estate; but he will bear both , because he is prepared for both.
- Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.
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- Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound.
- He prayeth well who loveth well both man and bird and beast.
Quotations
* (English Citations of "both")See also
(various semantically related terms) * * * couple * double * dual * neither * pair * second * twice * twoduet
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Noun
(en noun)- The fare is Caribbean with an Asian touch — millefeuille of sun-dried tomato, Paris mushrooms and chargrilled local asparagus followed by a duet of chicken and shrimp...