Dissonance vs. Assonance
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Difference Between Dissonance and Assonance
Dissonancenoun
A harsh, discordant combination of sounds.
Assonancenoun
(prosody) The repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds (though with different consonants), usually in literature or poetry.
Dissonancenoun
(music) Conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding.
Assonancenoun
the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Dissonancenoun
A state of disagreement or conflict.
Dissonancenoun
a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
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Dissonancenoun
the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience;
modern music is just noise to meDissonancenoun
disagreeable sounds
