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Vocal vs Song - What's the difference?

vocal | song |

As nouns the difference between vocal and song

is that vocal is vowel while song is wave.

As an adjective vocal

is .

As a verb song is

to shake out even.

vocal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to the voice or speech; having voice; endowed with utterance; full of voice, or voices
  • * (rfdate) Milton,
    • To hill or valley, fountain, or fresh shade, / Made vocal by my song.
    vocal problems
  • Uttered or modulated by the voice; oral; as, vocal' melody; '''vocal''' prayer, ' vocal worship.
  • Of or pertaining to a vowel or voice sound; also, spoken with tone, intonation, and resonance; sonant; sonorous; -- said of certain articulate sounds
  • (phonetics) Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v'', ''l'', etc., or by both, as in the nasals (m), (n), ''ng ; sonant; intonated; voiced. See voice, and vowel
  • (phonetics) Of or pertaining to a vowel; having the character of a vowel; vowel
    • a vocal sound
  • loud; getting oneself heard.
    • The protestors were very vocal in their message to the mayor.

    Derived terms

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    Synonyms

    * (uttered or modulated by the voice) audible * (getting oneself heard) audible, loud

    Antonyms

    * (uttered or modulated by the voice) inaudible, quiet, silent, voiceless * (getting oneself heard) inaudible, quiet, silent

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (phonetics) A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic; -- distinguished from a subvocal', and a ' nonvocal
  • (Roman Catholic Church) A man who has a right to vote in certain elections.

    • Related terms

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    song

    English

    (wikipedia song)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A musical composition with lyrics for voice or voices, performed by singing.
  • :
  • *{{quote-book, 1852, Mrs M.A. Thompson, chapter=The Tutor's Daughter, Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion, page= 266
    • , passage=In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.}}
  • *, chapter=5
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He was thinking; but the glory of the song , the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights,
  • (label) Any musical composition.
  • Poetical composition; poetry; verse.
  • *(John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • *:This subject for heroic song .
  • *(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
  • *:The bard that first adorned our native tongue / Tuned to his British lyre this ancient song .
  • The act or art of singing.
  • A melodious sound made by a bird, insect, whale or other animal.
  • :
  • *(Nathaniel Hawthorne) (1804-1864)
  • *:That most ethereal of all sounds, the song of crickets.
  • Something that cost only a little; chiefly in for a song.
  • :
  • *(Benjamin Silliman) (1779–1864)
  • *:The soldier's pay is a song .
  • *
  • *:Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song , and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;.
  • An object of derision; a laughing stock.
  • *(Bible), (w) xxx. 9
  • *:And now am I their song , yea, I am their byword.

    • Derived terms

    * birdsong * for a song * old song * on song * singsong * siren song * Song of Solomon * Song of Songs * songsheet * song sparrow * song thrush * songwise * songwriter * swan song

    See also

    * canticle * go for a song

    Anagrams

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