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Poetic vs Lilting - What's the difference?

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Poetic is a synonym of lilting.


As adjectives the difference between poetic and lilting

is that poetic is poetic (relating to poetry) while lilting is having a lilt; with energy, spirit and sprightliness; lively and cheerful.

As a noun lilting is

type of lively singing without any musical accompaniment, where the tune itself is sung.

As a verb lilting is

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poetic

English

Alternative forms

* poetick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Relating to poetry.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Sarah Glaz
  • , title= Ode to Prime Numbers , volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Some poems, echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises on scientific principles, attempt to elucidate the mathematical concepts that underlie prime numbers. Others play with primes’ cultural associations. Still others derive their structure from mathematical patterns involving primes.}}
  • Characteristic of poets.
  • Description of persons, objects, or ideas that connect to the soul of the beholder.
  • Antonyms

    * prosaic

    Derived terms

    * poetic justice * poetic licence * poetic bent * poetically

    lilting

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having a lilt; with energy, spirit and sprightliness; lively and cheerful.
  • Derived terms

    * liltingly

    Noun

    (-)
  • Type of lively singing without any musical accompaniment, where the tune itself is sung.
  • * Year , Anthology of Music and Dance of the Americas, The JVC/Smithsonian Folkways, Vol 1, Canada and the United States: Secular Traditions.,
  • Especially welcome in this survey are two examples of turlute, or lilting'. In communities where musical instruments were not available, turlute was a common dance accompaniment. The popularity and availability of musical instruments has made ' lilting a rare art.

    Derived terms

    * liltingness

    Verb

    (head)
  • Anagrams

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