Dissonance vs. Assonance

Dissonance vs. Assonance — Is There a Difference?
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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 me

Dissonancenoun

disagreeable sounds