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Encore vs Bis - What's the difference?

encore | bis |

As nouns the difference between encore and bis

is that encore is a brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete while bis is b-sharp.

As an interjection encore

is (said by audience members after a performance) please perform again!.

As a verb encore

is to call for an extra performance or repetition.

encore

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete.
    • To play an encore .
    Can I get an encore ? We want more!
  • A call or demand (as by continued applause) for a repeat performance.
    • The encores were numerous.

    Interjection

  • (said by audience members after a performance) Please perform again!

    • Verb

    (encor)
  • To call for an extra performance or repetition.
  • To call for an encore.
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    bis

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (head)

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl) .

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Twice; showing that something is, or is to be, repeated, such as a passage of music, or an item in accounts.
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