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Coda vs. Epilogue — What's the Difference?

Coda vs. Epilogue — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Coda and Epilogue

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Coda

(Music) The concluding passage of a movement or composition.

Epilogue

An epilogue or epilog (from Greek ἐπίλογος epílogos, "conclusion" from ἐπί epi, "in addition" and λόγος logos, "word") is a piece of writing at the end of a work of literature, usually used to bring closure to the work. It is presented from the perspective of within the story.

Coda

A conclusion or closing part of a statement.

Epilogue

A short poem or speech spoken directly to the audience following the conclusion of a play.

Coda

(music) A passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation.
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Epilogue

The performer who delivers such a short poem or speech.

Coda

(phonology) The optional final part of a syllable, placed after its nucleus, and usually composed of one or more consonants.
The word “salts” has three consonants — /l/, /t/, and /s/ — in its coda, whereas the word “glee” has no coda at all.

Epilogue

A short addition or concluding section at the end of a literary work, often dealing with the future of its characters. Also called afterword.

Coda

(geology) In seismograms, the gradual return to baseline after a seismic event. The length of the coda can be used to estimate event magnitude, and the shape sometimes reveals details of subsurface structures.

Epilogue

An event which reflects meaningfully on a recently ended conflict or struggle.

Coda

(figuratively) A conclusion (of a statement or event, for example), final portion, tail end.

Epilogue

A short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play

Coda

A few measures added beyond the natural termination of a composition.

Epilogue

The performer who gives this speech

Coda

The closing section of a musical composition

Epilogue

A brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece; an afterword

Epilogue

(computing) A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to return from a routine.

Epilogue

(transitive) To conclude with an epilogue.

Epilogue

A speech or short poem addressed to the spectators and recited by one of the actors, after the conclusion of the play.
A good play no epilogue, yet . . . good plays prove the better by the help of good epilogues.

Epilogue

The closing part of a discourse, in which the principal matters are recapitulated; a conclusion.

Epilogue

A short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play

Epilogue

A short passage added at the end of a literary work;
The epilogue told what eventually happened to the main characters

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