Alliteration vs. Repetition

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.

Repetitionnoun

The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.

Repetitionnoun

(weightlifting): The act of performing a single, controlled exercise motion. A group of repetitions is a set.

Repetitionverb

To petition again.

Repetitionnoun

The act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration.

Repetitionnoun

Recital from memory; rehearsal.

Repetitionnoun

The act of repeating, singing, or playing, the same piece or part a second time; reiteration of a note.

Repetitionnoun

Reiteration, or repeating the same word, or the same sense in different words, for the purpose of making a deeper impression on the audience.

Repetitionnoun

The measurement of an angle by successive observations with a repeating instrument.

Repetitionnoun

an event that repeats;

Repetitionnoun

the act of doing or performing again

Repetitionnoun

the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device