Alliteration vs. Repetition

Alliteration vs. Repetition — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Alliteration and Repetition

Alliterationnoun

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals.

Repetitionnoun

The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.

Alliterationnoun

The recurrence of the same letter in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter.

Repetitionnoun

(weightlifting): The act of performing a single, controlled exercise motion. A group of repetitions is a set.

Alliterationnoun

use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse;

around the rock the ragged rascal ran

Repetitionverb

To petition again.

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Repetitionnoun

an event that repeats;

the events today were a repeat of yesterday's

Repetitionnoun

the act of doing or performing again

Repetitionnoun

the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device