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Rhythm vs Rime - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between rhythm and rime

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 rime is .

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

    rime

    English

    (wikipedia rime)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) rim, from Old English .

    Noun

    (-)
  • (meteorology, uncountable) ice formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog onto a cold surface.
  • * De Quincey
    • The trees were now covered with rime .
  • (meteorology, uncountable) a coating or sheet of ice so formed.
  • (uncountable) a film or slimy coating.
    • Synonyms
    * (a deposition of ice) hoarfrost, frost
    Derived terms
    * rimy

    Verb

    (rim)
  • To freeze or congeal into hoarfrost.

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl) rime, from (etyl) . Influenced in meaning by (etyl) rime from the same Germanic source.

    Alternative forms

    * rhyme

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, or, dialectal) Number.
  • rhyme
    • (Coleridge)
    (Landor)
  • (linguistics) the second part of a syllable, from the vowel on, as opposed to the onset
    • Usage notes
    In reading education, "rime" refers to the vowel and the letters that come after the vowels in a syllable. For example, sit, spit, and split all have the same rime (-it). Words that rhyme often share the same rime, such as rock and sock (-ock). However, words that rhyme do not always share the same rime, such as claim and fame (-aim and -ame). Additionally, words that share the same rime do not always rhyme, such as tough and though (-ough). Rhyme and rime are not interchangeable, although they often overlap.

    Verb

    (rim)

    • Etymology 3

    Uncertain.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A step of a ladder; a rung.

    • Etymology 4

    (etyl) (lena) rima.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack.
    • (Sir Thomas Browne)
    External links
    * SIL Glossary of Linguistic Terms

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