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Music vs Antimusical - What's the difference?

music | antimusical |

As a noun music

is a sound, or the study of such sounds, organized in time.

As a verb music

is to seduce or entice with music.

As an adjective antimusical is

opposing or countering music.

music

Alternative forms

* musick (archaic) * musicke (obsolete) * musique (obsolete)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A sound, or the study of such sounds, organized in time.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-11-22, author= Ian Sample
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  • (figuratively) Any pleasing or interesting sounds.
  • An art form, created by organizing of pitch, rhythm, and sounds made using and sometimes singing
  • A guide to playing or singing a particular tune; sheet music.
  • Synonyms

    * melody * vibe

    Derived terms

    * background music * chamber music * chin music * concrete music * country music * elevator music * face the music * fill music * hillbilly music * incidental music * musical * musicality * musically * music box * music drama * music hall * musician, muso * musicing * musicless * music of the spheres * music to someone's ears * musicologist * musicology * pop music * program music * set to music * sheet music * soul music * world music

    See also

    * * MusicNovatory: the science of music encyclopedia *

    Verb

    (musick)
  • To seduce or entice with music.
  • Statistics

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    References

    * 1000 English basic words ----

    antimusical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Opposing or countering music.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=June 4, author=Alastair Macaulay, title=Wake Up, Princess, the Movies Are Calling, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=This does become monstrously antimusical in one scene: when Tchaikovsky’s music, softly depicting the sleeping palace (my favorite passage of this composer’s entire oeuvre, with its beautifully muffled oboe melody suggesting how beauty ripens in sleep like a chrysalis), is turned into an epic battle for the poor passive Prince, conducted between the wicked Carabosse, with her ghoulish minions, and the Lilac Fairy, with her elves. }}
  • Of or pertaining to antimusic.