different between alliteration vs rhythm

English

Etymology

From New Latin all?ter?ti?, from all?ter?tus, from all?ter?, from Latin ad (“to, towards, near”) and l?tera (“a letter”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??l?t???e???n/, [??l?????e???n]
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

alliteration (countable and uncountable, plural alliterations)

1. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals.
2. The recurrence of the same letter in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter.

Related terms

• alliterational
• alliterative
• alliteratively
• alliterativeness

Translations

See also

• assonance

Further reading

• alliteration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

First coined in 1557, from Latin rhythmus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (rhuthmós, “any measured flow or movement, symmetry, rhythm”), from ??? (rhé?, “I flow, run, stream, gush”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.ð(?)m/
  • Rhymes: -?ð?m
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /???.?(?)m/

Noun

rhythm (countable and uncountable, plural rhythms)

1. The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter.

   Dance to the rhythm of the music.

2. A specifically defined pattern of such variation.

   Most dances have a rhythm as distinctive as the Iambic verse in poetry

3. A flow, repetition or regularity.

   Once you get the rhythm of it, the job will become easy.

4. The tempo or speed of a beat, song or repetitive event.

   We walked with a quick, even rhythm.

5. The musical instruments which provide rhythm (mainly; not or less melody) in a musical ensemble.

   The Baroque term basso continuo is virtually equivalent to rhythm

6. A regular quantitative change in a variable (notably natural) process.

   The rhythm of the seasons dominates agriculture as well as wildlife

7. Controlled repetition of a phrase, incident or other element as a stylistic figure in literature and other narrative arts; the effect it creates.

   The running gag is a popular rhythm in motion pictures and theater comedy

Synonyms

• meter / metre
• prosody
• (instruments providing rhythm) rhythm section

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