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Melody vs Lyrics - What's the difference?

melody | lyrics |

As nouns the difference between melody and lyrics

is that melody is tune; sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase while lyrics is the words to a song (or other vocal music).

As a proper noun Melody

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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

    lyrics

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • The words to a song (or other vocal music).

    • Related terms

    * lyricist

    See also

    * libretto English nouns