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counterpoint

noun

1 counterpoint

A musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies.

Roget 413: melody, rhythm, measure; rhyme etc. (poetry) 597.    pitch, timbre, intonation, tone.    scale, gamut; ... show more

Polish: kontrapunkt

verb

1 counterpoint

To show differences when compared; be different.

synonym: contrast.

Dutch: afsteken, contrast, contrasteren, tegenstelling

2 counterpoint

Write in counterpoint.


Moby thesaurus: Alexandrine, Ambrosian chant, accent, accentuation, amphibrach, amphimacer, anacrusis, anapest, antipode, antipodes, antipole, antispast, antithesis, antonym, arsis, bacchius, beat, cadence, caesura, catalexis ... show more.

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