Melody vs. Rhythm

Melodynoun

tune; sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase

Melodynoun

A sweet or agreeable succession of sounds.

Melodynoun

A rhythmical succession of single tones, ranging for the most part within a given key, and so related together as to form a musical whole, having the unity of what is technically called a musical thought, at once pleasing to the ear and characteristic in expression.

Melodynoun

The air or tune of a musical piece.

Melodynoun

a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence;

Melodynoun

the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes

Melody

Melody (from Greek μελῳδία, melōidía, ), also tune, voice or line, is a linear succession of musical tones that the listener perceives as a single entity. In its most literal sense, a melody is a combination of pitch and rhythm, while more figuratively, the term can include successions of other musical elements such as tonal color.

Rhythmnoun

The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter.

Rhythmnoun

A specifically defined pattern of such variation.

Rhythmnoun

A flow, repetition or regularity.

Rhythmnoun

The tempo or speed of a beat, song or repetitive event.

Rhythmnoun

The musical instruments which provide rhythm (mainly; not or less melody) in a musical ensemble.

Rhythmnoun

A regular quantitative change in a variable (notably natural) process.

Rhythmnoun

Controlled repetition of a phrase, incident or other element as a stylistic figure in literature and other narrative arts; the effect it creates.

Rhythmnoun

In the widest sense, a dividing into short portions by a regular succession of motions, impulses, sounds, accents, etc., producing an agreeable effect, as in music poetry, the dance, or the like.

Rhythmnoun

Movement in musical time, with periodical recurrence of accent; the measured beat or pulse which marks the character and expression of the music; symmetry of movement and accent.

Rhythmnoun

A division of lines into short portions by a regular succession of arses and theses, or percussions and remissions of voice on words or syllables.

Rhythmnoun

The harmonious flow of vocal sounds.

Rhythmnoun

the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music;

Rhythmnoun

recurring at regular intervals

Rhythmnoun

an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs;

Rhythmnoun

the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements;

Rhythmnoun

natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle)

Rhythm

Rhythm (from Greek ῥυθμός, rhythmos, —Liddell and Scott 1996) generally means a (Anon. 1971, 2537).