Opus vs Movement - What's the difference?
opus | movement |
A work of music or set of works with a specified rank in an ordering of a composer's complete published works.
A work, especially of art.
Physical motion between points in space.
(engineering) A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion, such as the wheelwork of a watch.
The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.
A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
(music) A large division of a larger composition.
(aviation) An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.
(baseball) The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight.
An act of emptying the bowels.
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(obsolete) Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.
As nouns the difference between opus and movement
is that opus is a work of music or set of works with a specified rank in an ordering of a composer's complete published works while movement is physical motion between points in space.opus
English
Noun
(en-noun)- Beethoven's ''opus'' eighteen quartets are considered by many to be the beginning of the Romantic era.
- The painter's last opus was a dedication to all things living, in a surprising contrast to all of his prior work.
Usage notes
The most common plural of opus'' in English is ''opuses''. Some people use the Latin plural, ''opera''. ''Opi'' is fairly common in the field of classical music, though mostly in informal contexts. The use of any of these three pluralizations may result in the speaker being corrected, though ''opi'' above all should be avoided in formal contexts. Outside of music, the word ''opus'' sees particularly frequent use in the expression ''magnum opus .Anagrams
* * English nouns with irregular plurals ----movement
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Alternative forms
*Noun
(en noun)- I saw a movement in that grass on the hill.
- The labor movement has been struggling in America since the passage of the Taft-Hartley act in 1947.
- Albuquerque International Sunport serviced over 200,000 movements last year.
- The movement on his cutter was devastating.