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Syllabic vs Melismatic - What's the difference?

syllabic | melismatic |

As adjectives the difference between syllabic and melismatic

is that syllabic is of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables while melismatic is of, relating to, or being a melisma; the style of singing several notes to one syllable of text – an attribute of some Islamic and Gregorian chants.

As a noun syllabic

is a syllabic sound.

syllabic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables.
  • Pronounced with every syllable distinct.
  • (linguistics) Designating a sound that is or can be the most sonorant segment of a syllable, as a vowel or a resonant. In the word riddle (r?d'l), the two syllabic sounds are the (i?) and the (l).
  • Of, or being a form of verse, based on the number of syllables in a line rather than on the arrangement of accents or quantities.

    • Derived terms

    * quinquesyllabic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linguistics) A syllabic sound.

    • melismatic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (music) of, relating to, or being a melisma; the style of singing several notes to one syllable of text – an attribute of some Islamic and Gregorian chants.