Diminuendo vs. Crescendo
Difference Between Diminuendo and Crescendo
Diminuendonoun
(music) A dynamic mark directing that a passage is to be played gradually more softly
Crescendonoun
(music) An instruction to play gradually more loudly, denoted by a long, narrow angle with its apex on the left ( < ), by musicians called a hairpin.
Diminuendonoun
(music) A passage having this mark
Crescendonoun
(figuratively) A gradual increase of anything, especially to a dramatic climax.
Their fighting rose in a fearsome crescendo.Diminuendonoun
(metaphoric) The gradual dying away of something.
Crescendonoun
The climax of a gradual increase.
Their arguing rose to a fearsome crescendo.Diminuendoadverb
(music) played in this style
Crescendoverb
To increase in intensity; to reach or head for a crescendo.
The band crescendoed and then suddenly went silent.Diminuendoadjective
(music) describing a passage having this mark
Crescendoadverb
(music) Gradually increasing in force or loudness.
Diminuendonoun
(music) a gradual decrease in loudness
Crescendonoun
(music) a gradual increase in loudness
Diminuendoadjective
gradually decreasing in volume
Crescendoverb
grow louder;
The music crescendoes hereCrescendoadjective
gradually increasing in volume
