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Music vs Metal - What's the difference?

music | metal |

As nouns the difference between music and metal

is that music is musician while metal is heavy metal (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
  • , volume=189, issue=24, page=32, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Music lessons in early childhood may improve brain's performance , passage=Music lessons in early childhood lead to changes in the brain that could improve its performance far into adulthood, researchers say.}}
  • (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

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    metal

    English

    (wikipedia metal)

    Noun

  • (lb) Chemical elements or alloys, and the mines where their ores come from.
  • #Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity.
  • #*{{quote-magazine, date=2014-04-21, volume=411, issue=8884, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Subtle effects , passage=Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal , began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.}}
  • #Any material with similar physical properties, such as an alloy.
  • #*
  • #*:But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window.
  • #(lb) Any element other than hydrogen and helium,Majewski, S. R. (2003, 2006). CHEMICAL ABUNDANCE EFFECTS ON SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS]. ASTR 551 (Majewski) Lecture Notes. or sometimes other than hydrogen.Martin, J. C. (n.d.). [http://etacar.umn.edu/~martin/rrlyrae/metals.htm What we learn from a star's metal content
  • #Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road.
  • #(lb) The ore from which a metal is derived.
  • #:(Raymond)
  • #(lb) A mine from which ores are taken.
  • #*(Jeremy Taylor) (1613–1677)
  • #*:slavesand persons condemned to metals
  • (lb) A light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent and or.
  • Molten glass that is to be blown or moulded to form objects.
  • :(Knight)
  • (lb) A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong, fast drum-beats and distorted guitars.
  • (lb) The substance that constitutes something or someone; matter; hence, character or temper; mettle.
  • *1599 , (William Shakespeare), (Much Ado About Nothing) , :
  • *:LEONATO. Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband.
  • *:BEATRICE. Not till God make men of some other metal than earth. Would it not grieve a woman to be over-mastered with a piece of valiant dust?
  • The effective power or calibre of guns carried by a vessel of war.
  • The rails of a railway.
  • The actual airline operating a flight, rather than any of the codeshare operators.
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  • Antonyms

    * (any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms) nonmetal

    Derived terms

    * death metal * heavy metal * metalcore * metallic * metallo- * metalware * noble metal * [[nu metal], /nu-metal * pot metal * power metal * thrash metal * transition metal

    References

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (music) Characterized by strong, fast drum-beats and distorted guitars.
  • Having the emotional or social characteristics associated with metal music; brash, bold, frank, unyielding, etc.
  • Verb

    (metall)
  • To make a road using crushed rock, stones etc.
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