Cadence vs Decadence - What's the difference?
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The act or state of declining or sinking.
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Balanced, rhythmic flow.
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The measure or beat of movement.
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The general inflection or modulation of the voice, or of any sound.
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(music) A progression of at least two chords]] which conclude a piece of music, section or musical phrases within it. Sometimes referred to [[analogy, analogously as musical punctuation.
(music) A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy.
(speech) A fall in inflection of a speaker’s voice, such as at the end of a sentence.
(dance) A dance move which ends a phrase.
(fencing) The rhythm and sequence of a series of actions.
(running) The number of steps per minute.
(cycling) The number of revolutions per minute of the cranks or pedals of a bicycle.
(military) A chant that is sung by military personnel while running or marching; a jody call.
(heraldry) cadency
(horse-riding) Harmony and proportion of movement, as in a well-managed horse.
To give a cadence to.
* {{quote-journal, journal=The Century, volume=53, year=1897, title=Why the Confederacy Failed, author=Don Carlos Buell, passage=there was besides, in an already dominating and growing element, a motive that was stronger and more enduring than enthusiasm —an implacable antagonism which acted side by side with the cause of the Union as a perpetual impelling force against the social conditions of the South, controlling the counsels of the government, and cadencing the march of its armies to the chorus:
*:: John Brown's body lies mouldering in the grave,
*:: But his soul is marching on!}}
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To give structure to.
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A state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration; decay
* 1956 — , The City and the Stars , p 35
As nouns the difference between cadence and decadence
is that cadence is the act or state of declining or sinking while decadence is a state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration; decay.As a verb cadence
is to give a cadence to.As a proper noun Cadence
is {{given name|female|from=English}} from the word cadence, taken to use in the 2000s.cadence
English
Noun
- Now was the sun in western cadence low.
- golden cadence of poesy
- Blustering winds, which all night long / Had roused the sea, now with hoarse cadence lull / Seafaring men o'erwatched.
- The accents were in passion's tenderest cadence .
- The cadence in a galliard step refers to the final leap in a cinquepace sequence.
Synonyms
* (musical conclusion) clausulaDerived terms
(Derived terms) * perfect cadence / authentic cadence / closed cadence / standard cadence * perfect authentic cadence * imperfect authentic cadence * imperfect cadence / half cadence / open cadence * English cadence * Corelli cadence * Landini cadence / under-third cadence * Phrygian cadence / Phrygian half cadence * plagal cadence / amen cadence * interrupted cadence / deceptive cadence / surpise cadence * Andalusian cadence * drum cadence * ring cadenceSee also
* Tierce de PicardieVerb
(cadenc)decadence
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(wikipedia decadence)Noun
- "Stability, however, is not enough. It leads too easily to stagnation, and thence to decadence ."