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Melody vs Medley - What's the difference?

melody | medley |

As nouns the difference between melody and medley

is that melody is tune; sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase while medley is combat, fighting; a battle.

As a proper noun Melody

is {{given name|female|from=English|}}.

As a verb medley is

to combine, to form a medley.

melody

English

(wikipedia melody)

Noun

(melodies)
  • tune; sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
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    • Synonyms

    * (sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase) tune

    Derived terms

    * melodic * melodious * melodium

    Related terms

    * melodrama

    See also

    * scale * tune * harmony * music

    medley

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • *:
  • *:Thenne came the kyng of Irland and the kynge of the stryete marches to rescowe syre Tristram and sire Palomydes / There beganne a grete medle / & many knyghtes were smyten doune on bothe partyes / and alweyes sir launcelot spared sir Tristram / and he spared hym
  • :(Holland)
  • A collection or mixture of miscellaneous things.
  • :a fruit medley
  • *Addison
  • *:this medley of philosophy and war
  • *W. Walsh
  • *:Love is a medley of endearments, jars, / Suspicions, reconcilements, wars.
  • (music) A collection of related songs played or mixed together as a single piece.
  • :They played a medley of favorite folk songs as an encore.
  • (swimming) A competitive swimming event that combines the four strokes of butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle.
  • A cloth of mixed colours.
  • :(Fuller)

    • Related terms

    * meddle * melee

    Synonyms

    * mashup

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (music) To combine, to form a medley.

    • Anagrams

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