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Percussive vs Ultrapercussive - What's the difference?

percussive | ultrapercussive |

As adjectives the difference between percussive and ultrapercussive

is that percussive is characterized by percussion; caused by or related to the action of striking or pounding something while ultrapercussive is (rare) highly percussive.

percussive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • characterized by percussion; caused by or related to the action of striking or pounding something
    • He massaged her shoulders with a gentle percussive action.
    ''His technical skills were limited to performing percussive maintenance: hitting malfunctioning equipment in the hope that it will then work.
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    ultrapercussive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (rare) Highly percussive.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=April 21, author=Alastair Macaulay, title=Radiant Line of Russian Style Energized in a Triplet of Balanchines, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The Kirov “Rubies” is no longer the ultrapercussive knockout it was a few years ago. }}