What's the difference between round and song?

Round


Definition:

  • (v. i. & t.) To whisper.
  • (a.) Having every portion of the surface or of the circumference equally distant from the center; spherical; circular; having a form approaching a spherical or a circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a round ball.
  • (a.) Having the form of a cylinder; cylindrical; as, the barrel of a musket is round.
  • (a.) Having a curved outline or form; especially, one like the arc of a circle or an ellipse, or a portion of the surface of a sphere; rotund; bulging; protuberant; not angular or pointed; as, a round arch; round hills.
  • (a.) Full; complete; not broken; not fractional; approximately in even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.; -- said of numbers.
  • (a.) Not inconsiderable; large; hence, generous; free; as, a round price.
  • (a.) Uttered or emitted with a full tone; as, a round voice; a round note.
  • (a.) Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, making the opening more or less round in shape; rounded; labialized; labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11.
  • (a.) Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; unqualified; not mincing; as, a round answer; a round oath.
  • (a.) Full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt; finished; polished; -- said of style, or of authors with reference to their style.
  • (a.) Complete and consistent; fair; just; -- applied to conduct.
  • (n.) Anything round, as a circle, a globe, a ring. "The golden round" [the crown].
  • (n.) A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution; as, the round of the seasons; a round of pleasures.
  • (n.) A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.
  • (n.) A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
  • (n.) A circular dance.
  • (n.) That which goes round a whole circle or company; as, a round of applause.
  • (n.) Rotation, as in office; succession.
  • (n.) The step of a ladder; a rundle or rung; also, a crosspiece which joins and braces the legs of a chair.
  • (n.) A course ending where it began; a circuit; a beat; especially, one freguently or regulary traversed; also, the act of traversing a circuit; as, a watchman's round; the rounds of the postman.
  • (n.) A walk performed by a guard or an officer round the rampart of a garrison, or among sentinels, to see that the sentinels are faithful and all things safe; also, the guard or officer, with his attendants, who performs this duty; -- usually in the plural.
  • (n.) A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
  • (n.) Ammunition for discharging a piece or pieces once; as, twenty rounds of ammunition were given out.
  • (n.) A short vocal piece, resembling a catch in which three or four voices follow each other round in a species of canon in the unison.
  • (n.) The time during which prize fighters or boxers are in actual contest without an intermission, as prescribed by their rules; a bout.
  • (n.) A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
  • (n.) A vessel filled, as for drinking.
  • (n.) An assembly; a group; a circle; as, a round of politicians.
  • (n.) See Roundtop.
  • (n.) Same as Round of beef, below.
  • (adv.) On all sides; around.
  • (adv.) Circularly; in a circular form or manner; by revolving or reversing one's position; as, to turn one's head round; a wheel turns round.
  • (adv.) In circumference; as, a ball is ten inches round.
  • (adv.) From one side or party to another; as to come or turn round, -- that is, to change sides or opinions.
  • (adv.) By or in a circuit; by a course longer than the direct course; back to the starting point.
  • (adv.) Through a circle, as of friends or houses.
  • (adv.) Roundly; fully; vigorously.
  • (prep.) On every side of, so as to encompass or encircle; around; about; as, the people atood round him; to go round the city; to wind a cable round a windlass.
  • (v. t.) To make circular, spherical, or cylindrical; to give a round or convex figure to; as, to round a silver coin; to round the edges of anything.
  • (v. t.) To surround; to encircle; to encompass.
  • (v. t.) To bring to fullness or completeness; to complete; hence, to bring to a fit conclusion.
  • (v. t.) To go round wholly or in part; to go about (a corner or point); as, to round a corner; to round Cape Horn.
  • (v. t.) To make full, smooth, and flowing; as, to round periods in writing.
  • (v. i.) To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
  • (v. i.) To go round, as a guard.
  • (v. i.) To go or turn round; to wheel about.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Blatter requires a two-thirds majority of the 209 voters to triumph in the opening round, with a simple majority required if it goes to a second round.
  • (2) An argon laser beam was used to irradiate the round window in 17 guinea pigs.
  • (3) Having been knocked out of the League Cup and Cup Winners' Cup before Christmas, they lost an FA Cup fourth-round replay at West Brom on 1 February.
  • (4) Certainly, Saunders did not land a single blow that threatened to stop his opponent, although he took quite a few himself that threatened his titles in the final few rounds.
  • (5) Only seven films (or 0.7 percent of the entire cohort) showed nodular or rounded opacities of the type typically seen in uncomplicated silicosis.
  • (6) In the absence of guanine nucleotides, or in the presence of a non-hydrolyzable GTP analog, only one round of ribosome binding occurs.
  • (7) But still we have to fight for health benefits, we have to jump through loops … Why doesn’t the NFL offer free healthcare for life, especially for those suffering from brain injury?” The commissioner, however, was quick to remind Davis that benefits are agreed as part of the collective bargaining process held between the league and the players’ union, and said that they had been extended during the most recent round of negotiations.
  • (8) Computed tomography (CT) is the most sensitive radiologic study for detecting these tumors, which usually are small, round, sharply marginated, and of homogeneous soft tissue density.
  • (9) They include two leading Republican hopefuls for the presidential race in 2016, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio; three of them enjoy A+ rankings from the NRA and a further eight are listed A. Rand Paul of Kentucky The junior senator's penchant for filibusters became famous during his nearly 13-hour speech against the use unmanned drones, and he is one of three senators who sent an initial missive to Reid , warning him of another verbose round.
  • (10) However, these votes will be vital for Hollande in the second round.
  • (11) The characteristic features of the nasal mucosa obtained here are as follows: 1) The cross-section profiles of the cilium were round and smooth.
  • (12) In fact, the lowest-rated game of last year's World Series between the Giants and the Tigers edged out the opening round of the draft by only 2.4 million viewers.
  • (13) A radical rearrangement of the organism occurred gradually: initially oval in shape, the parasite became round, then elongated, flattened, and underwent cytokinesis.
  • (14) After two complete rounds of DNA synthesis in the presence of BrdU "harlequin" chromosomes were observed.
  • (15) Trichophytosis (T. equinum) is characterized as typical numerous small and round patches, covered by small, bran-like, asbestos-coloured scales.
  • (16) The only lesson I’ll learn from this is don’t win in the third round.
  • (17) Now is the time to rally behind him and show a solid front to Iran and the world.” Political scientists call this the “rally round the flag effect”, and there are two schools of thought for why it happens, according to the scholars Marc J Hetherington and Michael Nelson.
  • (18) We studied bobbed loci at different magnification steps, analysing their behaviour through the reversion process and the way they carry out a second round of magnification.
  • (19) A 52-year-old black man was found to have a round density in the right lower lung field.
  • (20) The orchestrated round of warnings from the Obama administration did not impress a coterie of senior Republicans who were similarly paraded on the talk shows, blaming the White House for having brought the country to the brink of yet another "manufactured crisis".

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.