Rhyme vs Tune - What's the difference?
rhyme | tune |
(obsolete) Number.
(countable, uncountable) Rhyming verse (poetic form)
A thought expressed in verse; a verse; a poem; a tale told in verse.
(countable) A word that rhymes with another.
# (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.
(uncountable) Rhyming: sameness of sound of part of some words.
(countable, uncountable) Rhyming verse (poetic form).
(linguistics)
(obsolete) To number; count; reckon.
(ambitransitive) To compose or treat in verse; versify.
* 1742 , , The Dunciad , book 4, lines 101-102:
Of a word, to be pronounced identically with another from the vowel in its stressed syllable to the end.
(reciprocal) Of two or more words, to be pronounced identically from the vowel in the stressed syllable of each to the end of each.
To put words together so that they rhyme.
A melody.
A song, or short musical composition.
(informal) The act of tuning or maintenance.
The state or condition of being correctly tuned.
(UK, slang) A very good song.
(obsolete) A sound; a note; a tone.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) Order; harmony; concord.
* John Locke
To modify a musical instrument so that it produces the correct pitches.
* Dryden
To adjust a mechanical, electric or electronic device (such as a radio or a car engine) so that it functions optimally.
To make more precise, intense, or effective; to put into a proper state or disposition.
To give tone to; to attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.
* Milton
To sing with melody or harmony.
* Milton
(South Africa, slang, transitive) To cheek; to be impudent towards.
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between rhyme and tune
is that rhyme is (obsolete) to number; count; reckon while tune is (obsolete) order; harmony; concord.As nouns the difference between rhyme and tune
is that rhyme is (obsolete) number while tune is a melody.As verbs the difference between rhyme and tune
is that rhyme is (obsolete) to number; count; reckon while tune is to modify a musical instrument so that it produces the correct pitches.rhyme
English
(wikipedia rhyme)Alternative forms
* (l) * (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en-noun)- Many editors say they don't want stories written in rhyme .
- Tennyson’s rhymes
- Norse poetry is littered with rhymes''' like "'''s'''ól ... '''s unnan".
- Rap makes use of rhymes such as "money ... honey" and "nope ... dope".
- "Awake" is a rhyme for "lake".
- The poem exhibits a peculiar form of rhyme .
Hyponyms
* stave-rhyme, end rhyme * internal rhyme, cross rhyme * half rhyme, near rhyme: ** pararhyme, slant rhyme * full rhyme, perfect rhyme, exact rhyme, true rhymeDerived terms
* rhyme or reason * eye rhyme * female rhyme * male rhyme * rhyme royal * sight rhyme * nursery rhymeVerb
- There marched the bard and blockhead, side by side,
- Who rhymed for hire, and patronized for pride.
- "Creation" rhymes with "integration" and "station".
- "Mug" and "rug" rhyme .
- "India" and "windier" rhyme with each other in non-rhotic accents.
- I rewrote it to make it rhyme .
Derived terms
* rhyme off * rhyming slangtune
English
(wikipedia tune)Noun
(en noun)- Your engine needs a good tune .
- Your engine is now in tune .
- This piano is not in tune .
- You heard the new Rizzle Kicks song? —Mate, that is a tune !
- the tune of your voices
- A child will learn three times as much when he is in tune , as when he is dragged unwillingly to [his task].
Derived terms
* change one's tune * in tune * out of tune * to the tune of * carry a tuneVerb
(tun)- to tune a piano or a violin
- Tune your harps.
- (Shakespeare)
- For now to sorrow must I tune my song.
- Fountains, and ye, that warble, as ye flow, / Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
- Are you tuning me?
