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Trochee vs Antispast - What's the difference?

trochee | antispast |

As nouns the difference between trochee and antispast

is that trochee is a metrical foot in verse consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable while antispast is a metrical foot composed of an iambus and a trochee.

trochee

English

(wikipedia trochee)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A metrical foot in verse consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.

    • Derived terms

    * trochaic

    See also

    * iamb English autological terms

    antispast

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A metrical foot composed of an iambus and a trochee

    • Related terms

    * antispastic