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Rhythm vs Pulse - What's the difference?

rhythm | pulse |

As nouns the difference between rhythm and pulse

is that rhythm is the variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter while pulse is a normally regular beat felt when arteries are depressed, caused by the pumping action of the heart.

As a verb pulse is

to beat, to throb, to flash.

rhythm

English

(wikipedia rhythm)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter.
    • ''Dance to the rhythm of the music.
  • A specifically defined pattern of such variation.
    • ''Most dances have a rhythm as distinctive as the Iambic verse in poetry
  • A flow, repetition or regularity.
    • Once you get the rhythm of it, the job will become easy.
  • The tempo or speed of a beat, song or repetitive event.
    • We walked with a quick, even rhythm .
  • The musical instruments which provide rhythm (mainly; not or less melody) in a musical ensemble.
    • The Baroque term ''basso continuo is virtually equivalent to rhythm
  • A regular quantitative change in a variable (notably natural) process.
  • :: ''The rhythm of the seasons dominates agriculture as well as wildlife
  • Controlled repetition of a phrase, incident or other element as a stylistic figure in literature and other narrative arts; the effect it creates.
    • ''The running gag is a popular rhythm in motion pictures and theater comedy

    Synonyms

    * meter / metre * prosody * (instruments providing rhythm) rhythm section

    Derived terms

    * rhythm band * rhythm box * rhythmic * rhythmical * rhythm stick * rhythm method

    Related terms

    * rhythmicity * rhythmics * rhythmist * rhythmize

    pulse

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) . For spelling, the -e'' (on ''-lse ) is so the end is pronounced /ls/, rather than /lz/ as in pulls, and does not change the vowel (‘u’). Compare else, false, convulse.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (physiology) A normally regular beat felt when arteries are depressed, caused by the pumping action of the heart.
  • A beat or throb.
  • * (rfdate) Tennyson
    • the measured pulse of racing oars
  • * (rfdate) Burke
    • When the ear receives any simple sound, it is struck by a single pulse of the air, which makes the eardrum and the other membranous parts vibrate according to the nature and species of the stroke.
  • (music) The beat or tactus of a piece of music.
  • An autosoliton.
    • Related terms
    * (l) * (l)
    See also
    * beat * (Physiology) arrhythmia, blood pressure, heartbeat * (Music) meter, tempo

    Verb

  • To beat, to throb, to flash.
    • In the dead of night, all was still but the pulsing light.
  • To flow, particularly of blood.
    • Hot blood pulses through my veins.
  • To emit in discrete quantities.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) pouls, .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any annual legume yielding from 1 to 12 grains or seeds of variable size, shape and colour within a pod, and used as food for humans or animals.

    • References

    * * * DeLone et. al. (Eds.) (1975). Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0130493465.

    External links

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