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Syllabic vs Psalmodic - What's the difference?

syllabic | psalmodic |

As adjectives the difference between syllabic and psalmodic

is that syllabic is of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables while psalmodic is relating to psalmody.

As a noun syllabic

is (linguistics) 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.

    • psalmodic

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Relating to psalmody.
  • * 1984 , Eric Werner, The Sacred Bridge , KTAV Publishing House, Inc., page 72 [http://books.google.com/books?id=YOqPcaCctqQC&pg=PA72&dq=psalmodic&lr=&as_brr=3]:
    • This is but natural, for the practice of psalmodic chant is directly and indirectly interlaced with all the rich associations of the ecclesiastical calendar.