| ADJECTIVE | all | assonant | having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables |
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| all | assonant | having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables |
| Meaning | Having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables. | |
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| Example | "note the assonant words and syllables in 'tilting at windmills'" | |
| Category | rhyme, rime | correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final / final sounds) |
| Broader | same | Closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree |
| Spanish | asonante | |
| Catalan | assonant | |
| Nouns | assonance | the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words |
| Verbs | assonate | correspond in vowel sounds |
| Meaning | Having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables. | |
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| Broader | rhymed, rhyming, riming | Having corresponding / corresponding sounds especially terminal sounds |
| Spanish | asonante | |
| Catalan | assonant | |
| Nouns | assonance | the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words |
| Verbs | assonate | correspond in vowel sounds |
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