Rhythm vs Timing - What's the difference?
rhythm | timing |
The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter.
A specifically defined pattern of such variation.
A flow, repetition or regularity.
The tempo or speed of a beat, song or repetitive event.
The musical instruments which provide rhythm (mainly; not or less melody) in a musical ensemble.
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.
(obsolete) An occurrence or event.
(uncountable) The regulation of the pace of e.g. an athletic race, the speed of an engine, the delivery of a joke, or the occurrence of a series of events.
(uncountable) The time when something happens.
(uncountable) The synchronization of the firing of the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.
(countable) An instance of recording the time of something.
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As nouns the difference between rhythm and timing
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 timing is an occurrence or event.As a verb timing is
present participle of lang=en.rhythm
English
(wikipedia rhythm)Noun
(en noun)- ''Dance to the rhythm of the music.
- ''Most dances have a rhythm as distinctive as the Iambic verse in poetry
- Once you get the rhythm of it, the job will become easy.
- We walked with a quick, even rhythm .
- The Baroque term ''basso continuo is virtually equivalent to rhythm
- ''The running gag is a popular rhythm in motion pictures and theater comedy