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Rondel vs Rounded - What's the difference?

rondel | rounded |

As a noun rondel

is a metric form of verse using two rhymes, usually fourteen 8- to 10-syllable lines in three stanzas, with the first lines of the first stanza returning as refrain of the next two.

As a verb rounded is

(round).

As an adjective rounded is

made into a circle or sphere.

rondel

English

Alternative forms

* rondelle (uncommon in the musical or poetic senses) * (dagger) roundel

Noun

(en noun)
  • A metric form of verse using two rhymes, usually fourteen 8- to 10-syllable lines in three stanzas, with the first lines of the first stanza returning as refrain of the next two.
  • A poem in the above form.
  • The verse form rondeau.
  • A poem in the above rondeau form.
  • A rondelle, (small) circular object.
  • A long thin medieval dagger with a circular guard and a circular pommel (hence the name).
  • A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion.

    • Synonyms

    * roundel

    Related terms

    * rondelet * rondo * roundelay * roundlet

    rounded

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (round)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Made into a circle or sphere.
  • Complete or balanced.
  • (mathematics) Describing a number that has been changed to its nearest desired value.
  • (botany) Ending in a broad arch.
  • (linguistics, of a vowel) Pronounced with the lips drawn together; see rounded vowel.

    • Derived terms

    * rounded down * rounded up * roundedness

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