Balance vs. Harmony

Balancenoun

(uncountable) A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.

Balancenoun

(uncountable) Mental equilibrium; mental health; calmness, a state of remaining clear-headed and unperturbed.

Balancenoun

Something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium; counterweight.

Balancenoun

A pair of scales.

Balancenoun

(uncountable) Awareness of both viewpoints or matters; neutrality; rationality; objectivity.

Balancenoun

(uncountable) The overall result of conflicting forces, opinions etc.; the influence which ultimately "weighs" more than others.

Balancenoun

(uncountable) Apparent harmony in art (between differing colours, sounds, etc.).

Balancenoun

(accounting) A list accounting for the debits on one side, and for the credits on the other.

Balancenoun

(accounting) The result of such a procedure; the difference between credit and debit of an account.

Balancenoun

(watchmaking) A device used to regulate the speed of a watch, clock etc.

Balancenoun

The remainder.

Balancenoun

Libra.

Balanceverb

(transitive) To bring (items) to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights.

Balanceverb

To make (concepts) agree.

Balanceverb

(transitive) To hold (an object or objects) precariously; to support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling.

Balanceverb

(transitive) To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate.

Balanceverb

To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally.

Balanceverb

(nautical) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass.

Balanceverb

(transitive) To make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond.

Balanceverb

(intransitive) To be in equilibrium.

Balanceverb

(intransitive) To have matching credits and debits.

Balancenoun

An apparatus for weighing.

Balancenoun

Act of weighing mentally; comparison; estimate.

Balancenoun

Equipoise between the weights in opposite scales.

Balancenoun

The state of being in equipoise; equilibrium; even adjustment; steadiness.

Balancenoun

An equality between the sums total of the two sides of an account; as, to bring one's accounts to a balance; - also, the excess on either side; as, the balance of an account.

Balancenoun

A balance wheel, as of a watch, or clock. See Balance wheel (in the Vocabulary).

Balancenoun

The constellation Libra.

Balancenoun

A movement in dancing. See Balance, v. t., 8.

Balanceverb

To bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights; to weigh in a balance.

Balanceverb

To support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling; as, to balance a plate on the end of a cane; to balance one's self on a tight rope.

Balanceverb

To equal in number, weight, force, or proportion; to counterpoise, counterbalance, counteract, or neutralize.

Balanceverb

To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate.

Balanceverb

To settle and adjust, as an account; to make two accounts equal by paying the difference between them.

Balanceverb

To make the sums of the debits and credits of an account equal; - said of an item; as, this payment, or credit, balances the account.

Balanceverb

To arrange accounts in such a way that the sum total of the debits is equal to the sum total of the credits; as, to balance a set of books.

Balanceverb

To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally; as, to balance partners.

Balanceverb

To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass; as, to balance the boom mainsail.

Balanceverb

To have equal weight on each side; to be in equipoise; as, the scales balance.

Balanceverb

To fluctuate between motives which appear of equal force; to waver; to hesitate.

Balanceverb

To move toward a person or couple, and then back.

Balancenoun

a state of equilibrium

Balancenoun

a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity

Balancenoun

equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account

Balancenoun

harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design);

Balancenoun

equality of distribution

Balancenoun

something left after other parts have been taken away;

Balancenoun

the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account

Balancenoun

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun in in Libra

Balancenoun

the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22

Balancenoun

(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact correspondence of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane

Balancenoun

an equivalent counterbalancing weight

Balancenoun

a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat

Balanceverb

bring into balance or equilibrium;

Balanceverb

compute credits and debits of an account

Balanceverb

hold or carry in equilibrium

Balanceverb

be in equilibrium;

Harmonynoun

Agreement or accord.

Harmonynoun

A pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds.

Harmonynoun

(music) The academic study of chords.

Harmonynoun

(music) Two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord.

Harmonynoun

(music) The relationship between two distinct musical pitches (musical pitches being frequencies of vibration which produce audible sound) played simultaneously.

Harmonynoun

A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency.

Harmonynoun

The just adaptation of parts to each other, in any system or combination of things, or in things intended to form a connected whole; such an agreement between the different parts of a design or composition as to produce unity of effect; as, the harmony of the universe.

Harmonynoun

Concord or agreement in facts, opinions, manners, interests, etc.; good correspondence; peace and friendship; as, good citizens live in harmony.

Harmonynoun

A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency; as, a harmony of the Gospels.

Harmonynoun

A succession of chords according to the rules of progression and modulation.

Harmonynoun

See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic.

Harmonynoun

compatibility in opinion and action

Harmonynoun

the structure of music with respect to the composition and progression of chords

Harmonynoun

a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole

Harmonynoun

agreement of opinions

Harmonynoun

an agreeable sound property

Harmony

Harmony, in music, is the process by which the composition of individual sounds, or superpositions of sounds, is analysed by hearing. Usually, this means simultaneously occurring frequencies, pitches (tones, notes), or chords.Harmony is a perceptual property of music, and along with melody, one of the building blocks of Western music.