Heterophony vs. Polyphony

Heterophony and Polyphony Definitions
Heterophony
The simultaneous playing or singing of two or more versions of a melody.
Polyphony
Music with two or more independent melodic parts sounded together.
Heterophony
(music) The simultaneous performance by a number of singers or musicians of two or more versions of the same melody.
Polyphony
(music) Musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice (monophony) or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords (homophony).
Heterophony
An abnormal state of the voice.
Polyphony
The quality of a text of being capable of being read in more than one way.
The polyphony of a biblical passage
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Polyphony
Multiplicity of sounds, as in the reverberations of an echo.
Polyphony
Plurality of sounds and articulations expressed by the same vocal sign.
Polyphony
Composition in mutually related, equally important parts which share the melody among them; contrapuntal composition; - opposed to homophony, in which the melody is given to one part only, the others filling out the harmony. See Counterpoint.
Polyphony
Music arranged in parts for several voices or instruments