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Canticle vs Poesy - What's the difference?

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Canticle is a related term of poesy.


As nouns the difference between canticle and poesy

is that canticle is a chant, hymn or song, especially a nonmetrical one, with words from a biblical text while poesy is (rare|or|archaic).

canticle

English

Noun

(wikipedia canticle) (en noun)
  • a chant, hymn or song, especially a nonmetrical one, with words from a biblical text

    • Usage notes

    * The Psalms are not considered to be canticles

    poesy

    English

    Alternative forms

    *poesie *

    Noun

    (poesies)
  • A poem.
  • *, II.10:
  • *:I know not well how to excuse him, in that hee deemed his Poesie worthy to be published.

    • Synonyms

    * poetry * verse

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