Sing vs. Chant: What's the Difference?

To utter a series of words or sounds in musical tones.

A series of syllables or words that are sung on or intoned to the same note or a limited range of notes.

To vocalize songs or selections.

A canticle or prayer sung or intoned in this manner.

To perform songs or selections as a trained or professional singer.

A monotonous rhythmic call or shout, as of a slogan

To produce sounds when played

To sing or intone to a chant

To make melodious sounds

To celebrate in song

To give or have the effect of melody; lilt.

To say in the manner of a chant

To make a high whining, humming, or whistling sound.

To sing, especially in the manner of a chant

To be filled with a buzzing or ringing sound.

To speak monotonously.

To proclaim or extol something in verse.

To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.

To write poetry.

To sing or intone sacred text.

(Slang) To give information or evidence against someone.

To utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner, especially as a group.

To produce the musical sound of

To sell horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits.

To utter with musical inflections

Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony.

To bring to a specified state by singing

(music) A short and simple melody, divided into two parts by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music.

To intone or chant (parts of the Mass, for example).

Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.

To proclaim or extol, especially in verse

A repetitive song, typically an incantation or part of a ritual.

A gathering of people for group singing.

To utter with a melodious voice; to sing.

(intransitive) To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.

To celebrate in song.

(intransitive) To perform a vocal part in a musical composition, regardless of technique.

To sing or recite after the manner of a chant, or to a tune called a chant.

(transitive) To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization.

To make melody with the voice; to sing.

(transitive) To soothe with singing.

To sing, as in reciting a chant.

(ambitransitive) Of birds, to vocalise:

Song; melody.

(ornithology) To produce a 'song', for the purposes of defending a breeding territory or to attract a mate.

A short and simple melody, divided into two parts by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music.

(literary) To produce any type of melodious vocalisation.

A psalm, etc., arranged for chanting.

To confess under interrogation.

Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.

(intransitive) To make a small, shrill sound.

A repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone

To relate in verse; to celebrate in poetry.

Recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm;

(intransitive) To display fine qualities; to stand out as excellent.

Utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically;

(ergative) To be capable of being sung; to produce a certain effect by being sung.

(AU) In traditional Aboriginal culture, to direct a supernatural influence on (a person or thing), usually malign; to curse.

The act, or event, of singing songs.

To utter sounds with musical inflections or melodious modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according to the notes of a song or tune, or of a given part (as alto, tenor, etc.) in a chorus or concerted piece.

To utter sweet melodious sounds, as birds do.

To make a small, shrill sound; as, the air sings in passing through a crevice.

To tell or relate something in numbers or verse; to celebrate something in poetry.

To cry out; to complain.

To utter with musical inflections or modulations of voice.

To celebrate in song; to give praises to in verse; to relate or rehearse in numbers, verse, or poetry.

To influence by singing; to lull by singing; as, to sing a child to sleep.

To accompany, or attend on, with singing.

Deliver by singing;

Produce tones with the voice;

To make melodious sounds;

Make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound;

Divulge confidential information or secrets;