Chant vs. Incantation

Chantverb

To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.

Chantverb

To sing or intone sacred text.

Chantverb

To utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner, especially as a group.

Chantverb

To sell horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits.

Chantnoun

Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony.

Chantnoun

(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.

Chantnoun

Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.

Chantnoun

A repetitive song, typically an incantation or part of a ritual.

Chantverb

To utter with a melodious voice; to sing.

Chantverb

To celebrate in song.

Chantverb

To sing or recite after the manner of a chant, or to a tune called a chant.

Chantverb

To make melody with the voice; to sing.

Chantverb

To sing, as in reciting a chant.

Chantnoun

Song; melody.

Chantnoun

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.

Chantnoun

A psalm, etc., arranged for chanting.

Chantnoun

Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.

Chantnoun

a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone

Chantverb

recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm;

Chantverb

utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically;

Chant

A chant (from French chanter, from Latin cantare, ) is the iterative speaking or singing of words or sounds, often primarily on one or two main pitches called reciting tones. Chants may range from a simple melody involving a limited set of notes to highly complex musical structures, often including a great deal of repetition of musical subphrases, such as Great Responsories and Offertories of Gregorian chant.

Incantationnoun

The act or process of using formulas and/or usually rhyming words, sung or spoken, with occult ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits, producing enchantment, or creating other magical results.

Incantationnoun

A formula of words used as above.

Incantationnoun

Any esoteric command or procedure.

Incantationnoun

The act or process of using formulas sung or spoken, with occult ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits, producing enchantment, or affecting other magical results; enchantment.

Incantationnoun

A formula of words used as above.

Incantationnoun

The repetitive invoking of old sayings, or emitting a wordy discourse with little or no meaning, to avoid serious discussion; obfuscation; as, to defend one's views with empty incantations.

Incantationnoun

a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect

Incantationnoun

a series of words said as a magic spell or charm

Incantationnoun

the use of words as a magic spell

Incantation

An incantation, a spell, a charm, an enchantment or a bewitchery, is a magical formula intended to trigger a magical effect on a person or objects. The formula can be spoken, sung or chanted.