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Descant vs Poesy - What's the difference?

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Descant is a related term of poesy.


As nouns the difference between descant and poesy

is that descant is a lengthy discourse on a subject while poesy is (rare|or|archaic).

As a verb descant

is to discuss at length.

descant

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A lengthy discourse on a subject
  • * De Quincey
    • Upon that simplest of themes how magnificent a descant !
  • (music) a counterpoint melody sung or played above the theme

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To discuss at length.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1913, author=
    • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=4 citation , passage=“… This is a surprise attack, and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape. I am sure, Lord Stranleigh, that he has been descanting on the distraction of the woods and the camp, or perhaps the metropolitan dissipation of Philadelphia, …”}}
  • To sing or play a descant.

    • Quotations

    * 1919, , Duckworth, hardback edition, page 121 *: Involving some interesting, intellectual trips, she was descanting lightly to right and left.

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    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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