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Cannonade vs Dissonance - What's the difference?

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Cannonade is a related term of dissonance.


As nouns the difference between cannonade and dissonance

is that cannonade is firing artillery in a large amount for a length of time while dissonance is a harsh, discordant combination of sounds.

As a verb cannonade

is to discharge artillery fire.

cannonade

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Firing artillery in a large amount for a length of time .
  • * Prescott
    • A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole circle of batteries on the devoted town.
  • (figurative) A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.
  • * Ewerson
    • Blue Walden rolls its cannonade .

    Verb

  • To discharge artillery fire.

    • dissonance

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a harsh, discordant combination of sounds
  • (music) conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding
  • a state of disagreement or conflict

    • Derived terms

    * dissonant * cognitive dissonance

    See also

    * assonance