Medley vs. Melody
Medley and Melody Definitions
Medley
An often jumbled assortment; a mixture
"That night he dreamed he was traveling in a foreign country, only it seemed to be a medley of all the countries he'd ever been to and even some he hadn't" (Anne Tyler).
Melody
A pleasing succession or arrangement of sounds.
Medley
(Music) An arrangement made from a series of melodies, often from various sources.
Melody
Musical quality
The melody of verse.
Medley
(Sports) An event in competitive swimming in which backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle are swum in equal distances by an individual or as divisions of a relay race.
Melody
A rhythmically organized sequence of single tones so related to one another as to make up a particular phrase or idea.
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Medley
Combat, fighting; a battle.
Melody
Structure with respect to the arrangement of single notes in succession.
Medley
A collection or mixture of miscellaneous things.
A fruit medley
Melody
The leading part or the air in a composition with accompaniment.
Medley
(music) A collection of related songs played or mixed together as a single piece.
They played a medley of favorite folk songs as an encore.
Melody
A poem suitable for setting to music or singing.
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Medley
(swimming) A competitive swimming event that combines the four strokes of butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle.
Melody
A sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
Medley
A cloth of mixed colours.
Melody
A sweet or agreeable succession of sounds.
Lulled with sound of sweetest melody.
Medley
(music) To combine, to form a medley.
Melody
A rhythmical succession of single tones, ranging for the most part within a given key, and so related together as to form a musical whole, having the unity of what is technically called a musical thought, at once pleasing to the ear and characteristic in expression.
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Medley
A mixture; a mingled and confused mass of ingredients, usually inharmonious; a jumble; a hodgepodge; - often used contemptuously.
This medley of philosophy and war.
Love is a medley of endearments, jars,Suspicions, reconcilements, wars.
Melody
The air or tune of a musical piece.
Medley
The confusion of a hand to hand battle; a brisk, hand to hand engagement; a mêlée.
Melody
A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence;
She was humming an air from Beethoven
Medley
A composition of passages detached from several different compositions; a potpourri.
Melody
The perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes
Medley
A cloth of mixed colors.
Medley
Mixed; of mixed material or color.
Medley
Mingled; confused.
Medley
A musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources
