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Sonnet vs Ditty - What's the difference?

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Sonnet is a related term of ditty.


As nouns the difference between sonnet and ditty

is that sonnet is a fixed verse form of italian origin consisting of fourteen lines that are typically five-foot iambics and rhyme according to one of a few prescribed schemes while ditty is a short verse or tune.

As verbs the difference between sonnet and ditty

is that sonnet is to compose sonnets while ditty is to sing; to warble a little tune.

sonnet

English

(wikipedia sonnet)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of fourteen lines that are typically five-foot iambics and rhyme according to one of a few prescribed schemes.

    • See also

    * poem * English sonnet * Italian sonnet * quatorzain

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To compose sonnets.
  • * Milton
    • Strains that come almost to sonneting .

    Anagrams

    * * * ----

    ditty

    English

    Noun

    (ditties)
  • A short verse or tune.
    • The Acme mattress ditty has been stuck in my head all day.
  • * Milton
    • Religious, martial, or civil ditties.
  • * Sandys
    • And to the warbling lute soft ditties sing.
  • A saying or utterance, especially one that is short and frequently repeated.
  • * Spenser
    • O, too high ditty for my simple rhyme.

    Verb

  • To sing; to warble a little tune.
  • * Herbert
    • Beasts fain would sing; birds ditty to their notes.

    See also

    * ditty bag * doggerel * jingle