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Verse vs Music - What's the difference?

verse | music |

As nouns the difference between verse and music

is that verse is dew, dampness while music is musician.

verse

English

Etymology 1

Partly from (etyl) vers; partly, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.
  • Poetic form in general.
  • One of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed.
  • A small section of the Jewish or Christian Bible.
    • Derived terms
    * blank verse * free verse
    Related terms
    * versification * versify

    Verb

    (vers)
  • (obsolete) To compose verses.
  • * Sir (Philip Sidney) (1554-1586)
    • It is not rhyming and versing that maketh a poet.
  • To tell in verse, or poetry.
  • * (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
    • playing on pipes of corn and versing love

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (vers)
  • to educate about, to teach about.
  • * , chapter=22
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part.

    Etymology 3

    Back-formation from versus, misconstrued as a third-person singular verb *verses .

    Verb

    (vers)
  • (colloquial) To oppose, to be an opponent for, as in a game, contest or battle.

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    music

    English

    (wikipedia music) ("music on Wikiquote")

    Alternative forms

    * musick (archaic) * musicke (obsolete) * musique (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A sound, or the study of such sounds, organized in time.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-11-22, author= Ian Sample
    • , volume=189, issue=24, page=32, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Music lessons in early childhood may improve brain's performance , passage=Music lessons in early childhood lead to changes in the brain that could improve its performance far into adulthood, researchers say.}}
  • (figuratively) Any pleasing or interesting sounds.
  • An art form, created by organizing of pitch, rhythm, and sounds made using and sometimes singing
  • A guide to playing or singing a particular tune; sheet music.

    • Synonyms

    * melody * vibe

    Derived terms

    * background music * chamber music * chin music * concrete music * country music * elevator music * face the music * fill music * hillbilly music * incidental music * musical * musicality * musically * music box * music drama * music hall * musician, muso * musicing * musicless * music of the spheres * music to someone's ears * musicologist * musicology * pop music * program music * set to music * sheet music * soul music * world music

    See also

    * * MusicNovatory: the science of music encyclopedia *

    Verb

    (musick)
  • To seduce or entice with music.

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    References

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