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Ordo vs Breve - What's the difference?

ordo | breve |

As nouns the difference between ordo and breve

is that ordo is (music) a musical phrase constructed from one or more statements of one modal pattern and ending in a rest while breve is a brief piece of information or news (as opposed to the headline).

As an adjective breve is

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ordo

English

(wikipedia ordo)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (music) A musical phrase constructed from one or more statements of one modal pattern and ending in a rest.
  • (Roman Catholicism) A calendar which prescribes the Mass and office which is to be celebrated each day.

    • See also

    * pontifical

    Anagrams

    * * * ----

    breve

    English

    (wikipedia breve)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (orthography, printing) A semicircular diacritical mark () placed above a vowel, commonly used to mark its quantity as short.
  • (music, UK) A double whole note.
  • (legal) Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court.
  • The great ant thrush of Sumatra (, which has a very short tail.

    • Related terms

    * brevity * brief * semibreve

    See also

    * half note * longa * whole note

    Anagrams

    * ----