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Chant vs Chanty - What's the difference?

chant | chanty |

As nouns the difference between chant and chanty

is that chant is type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony while chanty is an alternative spelling of lang=en (song.

As a verb chant

is to sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.

chant

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic) chaunt

Verb

(en verb)
  • To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.
  • * Spenser
    • The cheerful birds do chant sweet music.
  • To sing or intone sacred text.

    • Noun

    (wikipedia chant) (en noun)
  • Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony.
  • (music) A short and simple melody, divided into two parts by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music.
  • Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.
  • * Macaulay
    • His strange face, his strange chant .
  • A repetitive song, typically an incantation or part of a ritual.

    • Related terms

    * enchant * Gregorian chant * incantation

    Anagrams

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    chanty

    English

    Noun

    (chanties)
  • (song)
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged. In the road Mr. Love and the driver favoured the company with a brief chanty running. “Got it?—No, I ain't, 'old on,—Got it? Got it?—No, 'old on sir.”}}