Theme vs Anthem - What's the difference?
theme | anthem |
A subject of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
A recurring idea; a motif.
(music) The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
(film, television) A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time.
(computing, figuratively) The collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc., that "skin" an environment towards a particular motif.
(grammar) The stem of a word
(linguistics) thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb
(linguistics) Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.
(linguistics) Topic, what is generally being talked about, as opposed to rheme
A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.
(computing) To apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software).
(archaic) Antiphon.
A choral or vocal composition, often with a religious or political lyric.
A hymn of praise or loyalty.
(informal) A very popular song or track.
* 2003 , Peter Buckley, The rough guide to rock
As nouns the difference between theme and anthem
is that theme is theme, topic while anthem is (archaic) antiphon.As a verb anthem is
(poetic) to celebrate with anthems.theme
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(wikipedia anthem)Noun
(en noun)- The school's anthem sang of its many outstanding qualities, and it was hard to keep a straight face while singing.
- The choir sang a selection of Christmas anthems at the service just before the big day.
- In May 2000, they even finally cracked the UK top ten when they teamed up with Paul Van Dyk on the trance anthem "The Riddle"...