What's the difference between carol and song?

Carol


Definition:

  • (n.) A round dance.
  • (n.) A song of joy, exultation, or mirth; a lay.
  • (n.) A song of praise of devotion; as, a Christmas or Easter carol.
  • (n.) Joyful music, as of a song.
  • (v. t.) To praise or celebrate in song.
  • (v. t.) To sing, especially with joyful notes.
  • (v. i.) To sing; esp. to sing joyfully; to warble.
  • (n.) Alt. of Carrol

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In some ways, the Gandolfini performance that his fans may savour most is his voice work in Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are (2009), the cult screen version of Maurice Sendak 's picture book classic – he voiced Carol, one of the wild things, an untamed, foul-mouthed figure.
  • (2) Belfast in Odd Man Out Released in 1947, directed by Carol Reed Facebook Twitter Pinterest Carol Reed is a brilliant director of cities in films.
  • (3) Along the way, he fathered a child at 20 and immediately turned his back on her (they are now reunited), had a brief and unhappy marriage to the broadcaster Carol McGiffin and a series of frenetically unsatisfying relationships.
  • (4) Carole Berry, of Rollingsons Solicitors, said: "I had a simultaneous exchange of contracts on the 23 December to make sure the deal went through in time.
  • (5) Last week the president of the US-based National Organisation on Disability, Carol Glazer, was quoted as describing the use of disability in his murder defence as “exploitation”.
  • (6) (Hampstead Norreys, Berkshire) Ms Carol Ann Duffy, CBE.
  • (7) Ritesh Singh – who got three As in geography, biology and chemistry and a C in extended project science – is going to Carol Divila University in Bucharest to study medicine.
  • (8) Carol Long : "It seems important to find a way to disseminate the learning in ways that are accessible for those with busy caseloads."
  • (9) He must also decide whether to resurrect the post of White House climate adviser, which has been empty since early 2011 when Carol Browner stepped down .
  • (10) Dr Carol Kerven counts the human cost: goat herders in Inner Mongolia are shortchanged, selling their goat hair for as little as $2.30 a kilo.
  • (11) Prof Carole Longson, director of the centre for health technology evaluation at Nice, said: “We know that people with cancer place great importance on drugs that can increase their life expectancy.
  • (12) As Carol J Adams, author of the acclaimed The Sexual Politics of Meat, once said: "People say 'sex sells'.
  • (13) In an article for the Guardian two days later , Bate wrote that no reason had been given and that he understood that Carol Hughes, who controls her husband’s estate, had been happy with how he planned to research and present the work.
  • (14) The publication of the letters and the sale of the second archive by the poet's widow Carol suggested that she might be relaxing the position made clear by Hughes's publisher, Faber, soon after his death: that there would never be an "authorised biography" of this most controversial poet.
  • (15) We hope this integrity will not be lost in the formation of the new organisation.” Dr Carol Homden, CBE, Coram’s CEO, said in a statement: “Coram is the oldest children’s charity and has been delivering fostering and adoption services for 275 years.
  • (16) At a meeting with Ms Dhu’s mother, Della Roe, grandmother, Carol Roe, and sister in Port Hedland this week, Barnett said the inquest would be held in the middle of the year.
  • (17) Among the protesters were Duggan’s mother, Pamela, and his aunt Carole, who marched alongside Baker’s mother.
  • (18) One read: “In such troubled and troubling times it is so important that we respect each other and stand together.” It was signed: “Carol, a local resident.” Another, signed “Geraldine Adams (local white British non-Muslim)”, was addressed to “the Muslim community of Finsbury Park”.
  • (19) August 4, 2014 Carol Gilchrist (@CarolGilchrist) @GdnVoluntary keeping it simple and 'real life' ...
  • (20) Off stage, I think the material is justified, because it is about intent: ultimately, Carol Thatcher thinks she has done nothing wrong, while I am aware of which lines I have overstepped and why.

Song


Definition:

  • (n.) That which is sung or uttered with musical modulations of the voice, whether of a human being or of a bird, insect, etc.
  • (n.) A lyrical poem adapted to vocal music; a ballad.
  • (n.) More generally, any poetical strain; a poem.
  • (n.) Poetical composition; poetry; verse.
  • (n.) An object of derision; a laughingstock.
  • (n.) A trifle.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This week's unconfirmed claims that Kim's uncle Jang Song Thaek had been ousted from power have refocused attention on the country's domestic affairs; some analysts say Jang was associated with reform .
  • (2) Quotes Justin Timberlake: "Even more importantly customers love it … over 20 million listening on iTunes Radio, listened to over a billion songs.
  • (3) Living by the "Big River" as a child, Cash soaked up work songs, church music, and country & western from radio station WMPS in Memphis, or the broadcasts from Nashville's Grand Ole Opry on Friday and Saturday evenings.
  • (4) Unilateral lesions of n. intercollicularis (previously implicated in the control of vocal behavior) had little effect on song.
  • (5) When we arrived, he would instruct us to spend the morning composing a song or a poem, or inventing a joke or a charade.
  • (6) It’s going to affect everybody.” The six songs from Rebel Heart released thus far do not shy away from controversy: one, Illuminati, mocks the various conspiracy theories on the internet that implicate a variety of entertainers – including Jay-Z and Lady Gaga – in membership of a shadowy ruling elite.
  • (7) Back then, before her life took a darker turn, Holiday was able to leave the song, and its politics, at the door on the way out.
  • (8) HVc and RA grow during the subsong and plastic song periods of song development.
  • (9) Furthermore, the homoeotic legs of SSa females are not required to be present for the detection of courtship song, since females whose homoeotic legs were removed could still distinguish between singing and non-singing males.
  • (10) Song appeared to give Bolt a good luck charm to wear around his wrist.
  • (11) Mahler's Second Symphony - that song of love, renewal, and spiritual growth that Abbado has been singing for more than 40 years.
  • (12) They released a song on (the now banned) YouTube, called Alu Anday (Potatoes and Eggs) taking a swipe at the military as well as sectarian killers.
  • (13) As we walk away from the restaurant, he looks up an interview (with himself) on his iPhone and announces his musical credentials: "Yup, two Radiohead songs in both 'Clueless' and 'Romeo and Juliet', back when all anybody knew was 'Creep'.
  • (14) Alighting upon the final four songs recorded by Drake, he pressed play and began to make notes before setting about mixing them for this putative release.
  • (15) "Here's Munich's Philharmonic Orchestra composing and writing a song for F.C.
  • (16) These results are compatible with the idea that tamoxifen does not block the action of estradiol in the brain of zebra finches, and suggest that the effects of early tamoxifen treatment on the morphology of the song system may reflect central actions of tamoxifen.
  • (17) If you want to describe sex, write a book or a song, or create a medical App,” they explain.
  • (18) Some artists get thousands of songs pitched and they never know, so Beyoncé herself probably never heard it.
  • (19) In mating test, hybrid males cout and are accepted by D. simulans females more than hybrid females (presumably because their song is more "acceptable" to the former).
  • (20) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Cream (1991) was Prince’s fifth US No 1 hit single His profile boosted by Sinéad O’Connor’s version of his song Nothing Compares 2 U, Prince embarked on another film and music project with Graffiti Bridge.