Sing vs. Chant: What's the Difference?

Sing and Chant Definitions
Sing
To utter a series of words or sounds in musical tones.
Chant
A series of syllables or words that are sung on or intoned to the same note or a limited range of notes.
Sing
To vocalize songs or selections.
Chant
A canticle or prayer sung or intoned in this manner.
Sing
To perform songs or selections as a trained or professional singer.
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Chant
A monotonous rhythmic call or shout, as of a slogan
The chant of the crowd at the rally.
Sing
To produce sounds when played
Made the violin sing.
Chant
To sing or intone to a chant
Chant a prayer.
Sing
To make melodious sounds
Birds singing outside the window.
Chant
To celebrate in song
Chanting a hero's deeds.
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Sing
To give or have the effect of melody; lilt.
Chant
To say in the manner of a chant
Chanted defiant slogans.
Sing
To make a high whining, humming, or whistling sound.
Chant
To sing, especially in the manner of a chant
Chanted while a friend jumped rope.
Sing
To be filled with a buzzing or ringing sound.
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Chant
To speak monotonously.
Sing
To proclaim or extol something in verse.
Chant
To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.
Sing
To write poetry.
Chant
To sing or intone sacred text.
Sing
(Slang) To give information or evidence against someone.
Chant
To utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner, especially as a group.
The football fans chanted insults at the referee.
Sing
To produce the musical sound of
Sang a love song.
Chant
To sell horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits.
Sing
To utter with musical inflections
She sang the message.
Chant
Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony.
Sing
To bring to a specified state by singing
Sang the baby to sleep.
Chant
(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.
Sing
To intone or chant (parts of the Mass, for example).
Chant
Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.
Sing
To proclaim or extol, especially in verse
Sang his praises.
Chant
A repetitive song, typically an incantation or part of a ritual.
Sing
A gathering of people for group singing.
Chant
To utter with a melodious voice; to sing.
The cheerful birds . . . do chant sweet music.
Sing
(intransitive) To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
"I really want to sing in the school choir," said Vera.
Chant
To celebrate in song.
The poets chant in the theaters.
Sing
(intransitive) To perform a vocal part in a musical composition, regardless of technique.
Chant
To sing or recite after the manner of a chant, or to a tune called a chant.
Sing
(transitive) To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization.
Sing a lullaby
Chant
To make melody with the voice; to sing.
Sing
(transitive) To soothe with singing.
To sing somebody to sleep
Chant
To sing, as in reciting a chant.
Sing
(ambitransitive) Of birds, to vocalise:
Chant
Song; melody.
Sing
(ornithology) To produce a 'song', for the purposes of defending a breeding territory or to attract a mate.
Chant
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.
Sing
(literary) To produce any type of melodious vocalisation.
Chant
A psalm, etc., arranged for chanting.
Sing
To confess under interrogation.
Chant
Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.
His strange face, his strange chant.
Sing
(intransitive) To make a small, shrill sound.
The air sings in passing through a crevice.
A singing kettle
Chant
A repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone
Sing
To relate in verse; to celebrate in poetry.
Chant
Recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm;
The rabbi chanted a prayer
Sing
(intransitive) To display fine qualities; to stand out as excellent.
The sauce really makes this lamb sing.
Chant
Utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically;
The students chanted the same slogan over and over again
Sing
(ergative) To be capable of being sung; to produce a certain effect by being sung.
Sing
(AU) In traditional Aboriginal culture, to direct a supernatural influence on (a person or thing), usually malign; to curse.
Sing
The act, or event, of singing songs.
I sometimes have a quick sing in the shower.
Sing
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.
The noise of them that sing do I hear.
Sing
To utter sweet melodious sounds, as birds do.
On every bough the briddes heard I sing.
Singing birds, in silver cages hung.
Sing
To make a small, shrill sound; as, the air sings in passing through a crevice.
O'er his head the flying spearSang innocent, and spent its force in air.
Sing
To tell or relate something in numbers or verse; to celebrate something in poetry.
Bid her . . . singOf human hope by cross event destroyed.
Sing
To cry out; to complain.
They should sing if thet they were bent.
Sing
To utter with musical inflections or modulations of voice.
And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb.
And in the darkness sing your carol of high praise.
Sing
To celebrate in song; to give praises to in verse; to relate or rehearse in numbers, verse, or poetry.
Arms and the man I sing.
The last, the happiest British king,Whom thou shalt paint or I shall sing.
Sing
To influence by singing; to lull by singing; as, to sing a child to sleep.
Sing
To accompany, or attend on, with singing.
I heard them singing home the bride.
Sing
Deliver by singing;
Sing Christmas carols
Sing
Produce tones with the voice;
She was singing while she was cooking
My brother sings very well
Sing
To make melodious sounds;
The nightingale was singing
Sing
Make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound;
The kettle was singing
The bullet sang past his ear
Sing
Divulge confidential information or secrets;
Be careful--his secretary talks