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Duple vs Duplet - What's the difference?

duple | duplet |

In lang=en terms the difference between duple and duplet

is that duple is double while duplet is a tuplet of two notes.

As an adjective duple

is double.

As a noun duplet is

an empty box placed above the existing boxes of the beehive in order to allow the colony to expand or store additional honey.

duple

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (rare) Double.
  • (of time, or, music) Having two beats, or a multiple of two beats, in each measure.
  • (poetry) Having two beats in each foot.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    duplet

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (beekeeping, archaic) An empty box placed above the existing boxes of the beehive in order to allow the colony to expand or store additional honey.
  • (music) A tuplet of two notes.

    • Synonyms

    * super