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Dulcet vs Cadence - What's the difference?

dulcet | cadence |

As adjectives the difference between dulcet and cadence

is that dulcet is sweet, especially when describing voice or tones; melodious while cadence is rhythmic.

As a verb cadence is

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dulcet

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Sweet, especially when describing voice or tones; melodious.
  • Generally pleasing; agreeable.
  • (archaic) Sweet to the taste.

    • Synonyms

    * (generally pleasing) agreeable, soothing * (sweet to the taste) sugary, sweet

    See also

    * dulcimer ----

    cadence

    English

    Noun

  • The act or state of declining or sinking.
  • * Milton
    • Now was the sun in western cadence low.
  • Balanced, rhythmic flow.
  • * Shakespeare
    • golden cadence of poesy
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  • The measure or beat of movement.
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  • The general inflection or modulation of the voice, or of any sound.
  • * Milton
    • Blustering winds, which all night long / Had roused the sea, now with hoarse cadence lull / Seafaring men o'erwatched.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • The accents were in passion's tenderest cadence .
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  • (music) A progression of at least two chords]] which conclude a piece of music, section or musical phrases within it. Sometimes referred to [[analogy, analogously as musical punctuation.
  • (music) A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy.
  • (speech) A fall in inflection of a speaker’s voice, such as at the end of a sentence.
  • (dance) A dance move which ends a phrase.
    • The cadence in a galliard step refers to the final leap in a cinquepace sequence.
  • (fencing) The rhythm and sequence of a series of actions.
  • (running) The number of steps per minute.
  • (cycling) The number of revolutions per minute of the cranks or pedals of a bicycle.
  • (military) A chant that is sung by military personnel while running or marching; a jody call.
  • (heraldry) cadency
  • (horse-riding) Harmony and proportion of movement, as in a well-managed horse.

    • Synonyms

    * (musical conclusion) clausula

    Derived terms

    (Derived terms) * perfect cadence / authentic cadence / closed cadence / standard cadence * perfect authentic cadence * imperfect authentic cadence * imperfect cadence / half cadence / open cadence * English cadence * Corelli cadence * Landini cadence / under-third cadence * Phrygian cadence / Phrygian half cadence * plagal cadence / amen cadence * interrupted cadence / deceptive cadence / surpise cadence * Andalusian cadence * drum cadence * ring cadence

    Related terms

    * cadaver

    See also

    * Tierce de Picardie

    Verb

    (cadenc)
  • To give a cadence to.
  • * {{quote-journal, journal=The Century, volume=53, year=1897, title=Why the Confederacy Failed, author=Don Carlos Buell, passage=there was besides, in an already dominating and growing element, a motive that was stronger and more enduring than enthusiasm —an implacable antagonism which acted side by side with the cause of the Union as a perpetual impelling force against the social conditions of the South, controlling the counsels of the government, and cadencing the march of its armies to the chorus:
  • *:: John Brown's body lies mouldering in the grave,
  • *:: But his soul is marching on!}}
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  • To give structure to.
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