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Halfrhyme vs Consonance - What's the difference?

halfrhyme | consonance |

As a noun consonance is

(prosody) the repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels as in assonance.

halfrhyme

Not English

Halfrhyme has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'halfrhyme':

hellebore, heliopore, hellfire, haloborane, halvarine, heliborne, holfertite, hellfare

consonance

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (prosody) The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels as in assonance.
  • (chiefly, music) harmony; agreement; lack of discordance
  • * Tyndall
    • The optic nerve responds to the waves with which it is in consonance .

    Antonyms

    * dissonance * discordance

    References

    * Lakefield College School Key Literary Terms