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Rhyme vs Thyme - What's the difference?

rhyme | thyme |

As nouns the difference between rhyme and thyme

is that rhyme is (obsolete) number while thyme is any plant of the labiate genus thymus , such as the (garden thyme), , a warm, pungent aromatic, that is much used to give a relish to seasoning and soups.

As a verb rhyme

is (obsolete) to number; count; reckon.

rhyme

English

(wikipedia rhyme)

Alternative forms

* (l) * (l) (obsolete)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (obsolete) Number.
  • (countable, uncountable) Rhyming verse (poetic form)
    • Many editors say they don't want stories written in rhyme .
  • A thought expressed in verse; a verse; a poem; a tale told in verse.
    • Tennyson’s rhymes
  • (countable) A word that rhymes with another.
    • Norse poetry is littered with rhymes''' like "'''s'''ól ... '''s unnan".
    Rap makes use of rhymes such as "money ... honey" and "nope ... dope".
  • # (countable, in particular) A word that rhymes with another, in that it is pronounced identically with the other word from the vowel in its stressed syllable to the end.
  • "Awake" is a rhyme for "lake".
  • (uncountable) Rhyming: sameness of sound of part of some words.
    • The poem exhibits a peculiar form of rhyme .
  • (countable, uncountable) Rhyming verse (poetic form).
  • (linguistics)

    • Hyponyms

    * stave-rhyme, end rhyme * internal rhyme, cross rhyme * half rhyme, near rhyme: ** pararhyme, slant rhyme * full rhyme, perfect rhyme, exact rhyme, true rhyme

    Derived terms

    * rhyme or reason * eye rhyme * female rhyme * male rhyme * rhyme royal * sight rhyme * nursery rhyme

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To number; count; reckon.
  • (ambitransitive) To compose or treat in verse; versify.
  • * 1742 , , The Dunciad , book 4, lines 101-102:
    • There marched the bard and blockhead, side by side,
    Who rhymed for hire, and patronized for pride.
  • Of a word, to be pronounced identically with another from the vowel in its stressed syllable to the end.
    • "Creation" rhymes with "integration" and "station".
  • (reciprocal) Of two or more words, to be pronounced identically from the vowel in the stressed syllable of each to the end of each.
    • "Mug" and "rug" rhyme .
    "India" and "windier" rhyme with each other in non-rhotic accents.
  • To put words together so that they rhyme.
    • I rewrote it to make it rhyme .

    Derived terms

    * rhyme off * rhyming slang

    thyme

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any plant of the labiate genus Thymus , such as the (garden thyme), , a warm, pungent aromatic, that is much used to give a relish to seasoning and soups.
  • (rfv-sense) (poetic, Ireland, UK, dated) A metaphor for virginity, chastity.
  • * 17th century , A Bunch of Thyme (traditional song):
    • Come all ye maidens young and fair
    And you that are blooming in your prime
    Always beware and keep your garden fair
    Let no man steal away your thyme
  • * 19th century , A Sprig of Thyme (traditional):
    • Wunst I had a sprig of thyme ,
    it prospered by night and by day
    ill a false young man came acourtin' te me,
    and he stole all this thyme away.

    Derived terms

    * (cat thyme) * thymic * thymol * (wild thyme)

    References

    * Source Guide to the Music of Percy Grainger * Bunch of Thyme – a coded warning to women

    External links

    * ("thyme" on Wikipedia) * * ----