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Quieter vs Decrescendo - What's the difference?

quieter | decrescendo |

As adjectives the difference between quieter and decrescendo

is that quieter is (quiet) while decrescendo is becoming quieter gradually.

As nouns the difference between quieter and decrescendo

is that quieter is one who quiets while decrescendo is (label) an instruction to play gradually more softly.

As a verb decrescendo is

(label) to gradually become quieter.

quieter

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (quiet)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who quiets.
  • * 2001 , Robert Faggen, Robert Frost and the Challenge of Darwin (page 269)
  • The motives that were previously so powerful now lose their force, and instead of them, the complete knowledge of the real nature of the world, acting as a quieter of the will, produces resignation

    Anagrams

    * requite ----

    decrescendo

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) An instruction to play gradually more softly.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (label) To gradually become quieter
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • becoming quieter gradually.
  • Synonyms

    * diminuendo

    Antonyms

    * crescendo

    Anagrams

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