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Final vs Postlude - What's the difference?

final | postlude |

As nouns the difference between final and postlude

is that final is while postlude is (music) the final part of a piece; especially music played (normally on the organ) at the end of a church service.

As a verb postlude is

(rare) to form a postlude (to); to end with a postlude.

final

English

(wikipedia final)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (US) A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
  • (sports) The last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined.
  • A contest that narrows a field of contestants (finalists) to ranked positions, usually in numbered places (1st place/prize, 2nd place/prize, etc.) or a winner and numbered runners-up (1st runner-up, etc.).
  • (phonology) The final part of a syllable, the combination of medial and rime in phonetics and phonology.
  • (music) The tonic or keynote of a Gregorian mode, and hence the final note of any conventional melody played in that mode.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Last; ultimate.
  • :
  • *1671 , (John Milton), (Samson Agonistes)
  • *:Yet despair not of his final pardon.
  • Conclusive; decisive.
  • :
  • Respecting an end or object to be gained; respecting the purpose or ultimate end in view.
  • (lb) Expressing purpose; as in the term final clause.
  • (lb) Word-final, occurring at the end of a word.
  • *
  • *:Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.

    • Synonyms

    * endly * terminal

    Antonyms

    * initial * early * first

    Derived terms

    * final cause * finalist * semifinal

    Related terms

    * finale * fine * finish * finite

    External links

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    postlude

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (music) The final part of a piece; especially music played (normally on the organ) at the end of a church service.
  • A concluding passage of text or speech; an epilogue or afterword.

    • Verb

    (postlud)
  • (rare) To form a postlude (to); to end with a postlude.
  • * 2003 , Clive James, ‘Larkin Treads the Boards’, The Meaning of Recognition , Picador 2005, p. 95:
    • Mercifully never preceded by a drum-roll or postluded by a curtsey for applause, each poem seemed to arise from the surrounding prose, which Courtenay was successfully endeavouring to make sound as if it was being thought up on the spot.