chanson

As nouns the difference between chanson and ballade

is that chanson is any song with french words, but more specifically classic, lyric-driven french songs while ballade is (lb) any of various genres of single-movement musical pieces having lyrical and narrative elements.

Chanson is a synonym of chant.

As nouns the difference between chant and chanson

is that chant is type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony while chanson is any song with French words, but more specifically classic, lyric-driven French songs.

As a verb chant

is to sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.

As nouns the difference between chanson and plainchant

is that chanson is any song with French words, but more specifically classic, lyric-driven French songs while plainchant is a form of monophonic liturgical chant employed in various Catholic and Orthodox liturgies.

As nouns the difference between chanson and madrigal

is that chanson is any song with French words, but more specifically classic, lyric-driven French songs while madrigal is a song for a small number of unaccompanied voices; from 13th century Italy.

As nouns the difference between chanson and chanlon

is that chanson is any song with French words, but more specifically classic, lyric-driven French songs while chanlon is a type of cloth in the 13th century.

As nouns the difference between chanson and chansonnier

is that chanson is any song with French words, but more specifically classic, lyric-driven French songs while chansonnier is a book which contains a collection of chansons.