Chorus vs Overture - What's the difference?
chorus | overture |
A group of singers and dancers in the religious festivals of ancient Greece
A group of people in a play or performance who recite together.
A group of singers; singing group who perform together.
A repeated part of a song, also called the refrain .
A setting or feature in electronic music that makes one voice sound like many.
(figuratively) A group of people or animals who make sounds together
The noise made by such a group.
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(theater) An actor who reads the opening and closing lines of a play.
To echo a particular sentiment.
To sing the chorus.
(obsolete) An opening; a recess or chamber.
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(obsolete) disclosure; discovery; revelation
* Shakespeare
(often in plural) An approach or proposal made to initiate communication, establish a relationship etc.
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(Scotland) A motion placed before a legislative body, such as the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
(music) a musical introduction to a piece of music.
As nouns the difference between chorus and overture
is that chorus is a group of singers and dancers in the religious festivals of ancient Greece while overture is an opening; a recess or chamber.As a verb chorus
is to echo a particular sentiment.chorus
English
Noun
(en-noun)- The performance of the chorus was awe-inspiring and exhilarating.
- ''The catchiest part of most songs is the chorus .
- A chorus of crickets
- A chorus of whiners
- a chorus of shouts and catcalls
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Verb
External links
* (wikipedia "chorus") * ----overture
English
(wikipedia overture)Noun
(en noun)- the cave's inmost overture
- It was he / That made the overture of thy treasons to us.
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- My mother had no choice; one did not turn down such an overture from the regent.