Music vs. Song
Music and Song Definitions
Music
The art of arranging sounds in time so as to produce a continuous, unified, and evocative composition, as through melody, harmony, rhythm, and timbre.
Song
A brief composition written or adapted for singing.
Music
Vocal or instrumental sounds possessing a degree of melody, harmony, or rhythm.
Song
The act or art of singing
Broke into song.
Music
A musical composition.
Song
A distinctive or characteristic sound made by an animal, such as a bird or an insect.
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Music
The written or printed score for such a composition.
Song
Poetry; verse.
Music
Such scores considered as a group
We keep our music in a stack near the piano.
Song
A lyric poem or ballad.
Music
A musical accompaniment.
Song
A musical composition with lyrics for voice or voices, performed by singing.
Thomas listened to his favorite song on the radio yesterday.
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Music
A particular category or kind of music.
Song
(by extension) Any musical composition.
Music
An aesthetically pleasing or harmonious sound or combination of sounds
The music of the wind in the pines.
Song
Poetical composition; poetry; verse.
Music
A series of sounds organized in time, usually employing some combination of melody, harmony, tempo, rhythm etc. usually to convey a mood.
I keep listening to this music because it's a masterpiece.
Song
The act or art of singing.
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Music
(figuratively) Any pleasing or interesting sounds.
Song
A melodious sound made by a bird, insect, whale or other animal.
I love hearing the song of canary birds.
Music
An art form, created by organizing of pitch, rhythm, and sounds made using musical instruments and sometimes singing.
Song
(ornithology) The distinctive sound that a male bird utters to attract a mate or to protect his territory; contrasts with call; also, similar vocalisations made by female birds.
Music
A guide to playing or singing a particular tune; sheet music.
Song
A low price, especially one under the expected value; chiefly in for a song.
He bought that car for a song.
Music
Electronic signal jamming.
Song
An object of derision; a laughing stock.
Music
Heated argument.
Song
That which is sung or uttered with musical modulations of the voice, whether of a human being or of a bird, insect, etc.
Music
Fun; amusement.
Song
A lyrical poem adapted to vocal music; a ballad.
Music
(transitive) To seduce or entice with music.
Song
More generally, any poetical strain; a poem.
The bard that first adorned our native tongueTuned to his British lyre this ancient song.
Music
The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i. e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform and synchronous vibrations, as of a string at various degrees of tension; the science of harmonical tones which treats of the principles of harmony, or the properties, dependences, and relations of tones to each other; the art of combining tones in a manner to please the ear.
Song
Poetical composition; poetry; verse.
This subject for heroic song.
Music
Melody; a rhythmical and otherwise agreeable succession of tones.
Song
An object of derision; a laughingstock.
And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
Music
The written and printed notation of a musical composition; the score.
Song
A trifle; an insignificant sum of money; as, he bought it for a song.
Music
Love of music; capacity of enjoying music.
The man that hath no music in himselfNor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils.
Song
A short musical composition with words;
A successful musical must have at least three good songs
Music
A more or less musical sound made by many of the lower animals. See Stridulation.
Song
A distinctive or characteristic sound;
The song of bullets was in the air
The song of the wind
The wheels sang their song as the train rocketed ahead
Music
An artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
Song
The act of singing;
With a shout and a song they marched up to the gates
Music
Any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds;
He fell asleep to the music of the wind chimes
Song
The characteristic sound produced by a bird;
A bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age
Music
Musical activity (singing or whistling etc.);
His music was his central interest
Song
A very small sum;
He bought it for a song
Music
(music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds)
Song
The imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy
Music
Punishment for one's actions;
You have to face the music
Take your medicine
