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Soprano vs Descant - What's the difference?

soprano | descant |

As nouns the difference between soprano and descant

is that soprano is musical part or section higher in pitch than alto and other sections while descant is a lengthy discourse on a subject.

As a verb descant is

to discuss at length.

soprano

English

Noun

  • Musical part or section higher in pitch than alto and other sections.
  • Person or instrument that performs the soprano part.
  • *{{quote-book, year=2008, author=(Denis Norden), title=Chips from a Life, chapter=8, isbn=978-0-00-727796-4
    • , passage=I was only once faced with the task of auditioning a nimiety of sopranos .}}

    Synonyms

    * (person) sopranist

    Coordinate terms

    * (voice types) soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, contralto (female); countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass (male)

    Derived terms

    * lyric soprano * mezzo-soprano * sing soprano * sopranino * sopranist * spinto soprano

    See also

    * ("soprano" on Wikipedia)

    Anagrams

    * English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    descant

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A lengthy discourse on a subject
  • * De Quincey
    • Upon that simplest of themes how magnificent a descant !
  • (music) a counterpoint melody sung or played above the theme

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To discuss at length.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1913, author=
    • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=4 citation , passage=“… This is a surprise attack, and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape. I am sure, Lord Stranleigh, that he has been descanting on the distraction of the woods and the camp, or perhaps the metropolitan dissipation of Philadelphia, …”}}
  • To sing or play a descant.

    • Quotations

    * 1919, , Duckworth, hardback edition, page 121 *: Involving some interesting, intellectual trips, she was descanting lightly to right and left.

    Anagrams

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