Alliteration vs. Consonance

Alliterationnoun

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals.

Alliterationnoun

The recurrence of the same letter in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter.

Alliterationnoun

The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; as in the following lines: -

Alliterationnoun

use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse;

Alliterationnoun

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

Alliteration

In literature, alliteration is the conspicuous repetition of identical initial consonant sounds in successive or closely associated syllables within a group of words, even those spelled differently. As a method of linking words for effect, alliteration is also called head rhyme or initial rhyme.

Consonancenoun

(prosody) The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels as in assonance.

Consonancenoun

Harmony; agreement; lack of discordance.

Consonancenoun

Accord or agreement of sounds produced simultaneously, as a note with its third, fifth, and eighth.

Consonancenoun

Agreement or congruity; harmony; accord; consistency; suitableness.

Consonancenoun

Friendship; concord.

Consonancenoun

the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words

Consonancenoun

the property of sounding harmonious