arsis

As nouns the difference between bar and arsis

is that bar is bar while arsis is the stronger part of a musical measure or a metrical foot.

As nouns the difference between hand and arsis

is that hand is tail while arsis is the stronger part of a musical measure or a metrical foot.

As nouns the difference between elevation and arsis

is that elevation is elevation (height above something) while arsis is the stronger part of a musical measure or a metrical foot.

As nouns the difference between foot and arsis

is that foot is while arsis is the stronger part of a musical measure or a metrical foot.

In music|lang=en terms the difference between measure and arsis

is that measure is (music) the group or grouping of beats, caused by the regular recurrence of accented beats while arsis is (music) the elevation of the hand, or that part of the bar at which it is raised, in beating time; the weak or unaccented part of the bar, opposed to the thesis.

As nouns the difference between measure and arsis

is that measure is the quantity, size, weight, distance or capacity of a substance compared to a designated standard while arsis is the stronger part of a musical measure or a metrical foot.

As a verb measure

is to ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.