Motif vs. Theme
Motifnoun
A recurring or dominant element; a theme.
Motifnoun
(music) A short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work.
Motifnoun
A decorative figure that is repeated in a design or pattern.
Motifnoun
(dressmaking) A decorative appliqué design or figure, as of lace or velvet, used in trimming.
Motifnoun
(crystallography) The physical object or objects repeated at each point of a lattice. Usually atoms or molecules.
Motifnoun
(chess) A basic element of a move in terms of why the piece moves and how it supports the fulfilment of a stipulation.
Motifnoun
(biochemistry) In a nucleotide or amino-acid sequence, pattern that is widespread and has, or is conjectured to have, a biological significance.
Motifnoun
Motive.
Motifnoun
In literature and the fine arts, a salient feature or element of a composition or work; esp., the theme, or central or dominant feature;
Motifnoun
A decorative appliqué design or figure, as of lace or velvet, used in trimming; also, a repeated design.
Motifnoun
a design that consists of recurring shapes or colors
Motifnoun
a theme that is elaborated on in a piece of music
Motifnoun
a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work;
Themenoun
A subject of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
Themenoun
A recurring idea; a motif.
Themenoun
(dated) An essay written for school.
Themenoun
(music) The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
Themenoun
A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time.
Themenoun
The collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc., that "skin" an environment towards a particular motif.
Themenoun
(grammar) The stem of a word.
Themenoun
(linguistics) thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb.
Themenoun
(linguistics) Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.
Themenoun
(linguistics) Topic, what is generally being talked about, as opposed to rheme.
Themenoun
A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.
Themeverb
(transitive) To give a theme to.
Themeverb
To apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software).
Themenoun
A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text.
Themenoun
Discourse on a certain subject.
Themenoun
A composition or essay required of a pupil.
Themenoun
A noun or verb, not modified by inflections; also, that part of a noun or verb which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) in declension or conjugation; stem.
Themenoun
That by means of which a thing is done; means; instrument.
Themenoun
The leading subject of a composition or a movement.
Themenoun
the subject matter of a conversation or discussion;
Themenoun
a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work;
Themenoun
(music) melodic subject of a musical composition;
Themenoun
an essay (especially one written as an assignment);
Themenoun
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed;
Themeverb
provide with a particular theme or motive;
