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Pause vs. Caesura — What's the Difference?

Pause vs. Caesura — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Pause and Caesura

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Pause

Interrupt action or speech briefly
She paused, at a loss for words

Caesura

A caesura (, pl. caesuras or caesurae; Latin for "cutting"), also written cæsura and cesura, is a metrical pause or break in a verse where one phrase ends and another phrase begins.

Pause

A temporary stop in action or speech
She dropped me outside during a brief pause in the rain
He chattered away without pause

Caesura

A pause in a line of verse dictated by sense or natural speech rhythm rather than by metrics.

Pause

To cease or suspend an action temporarily
She paused in her piano exercises to listen for the baby.
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Caesura

A pause or interruption, as in conversation
After another weighty caesura the senator resumed speaking.

Pause

To hesitate
He paused before replying.

Caesura

In Latin and Greek prosody, a break in a line caused by the ending of a word within a foot, especially when this coincides with a sense division.

Pause

To linger; tarry
We paused for a while under the huge oak tree.

Caesura

(Music)A pause or breathing at a point of rhythmic division in a melody.

Pause

To cease or suspend the action of temporarily; stop for an interim
Paused the printer to add more paper.
Paused the DVD with the remote.

Caesura

A pause or interruption in a poem, music, building, or other work of art.

Pause

A break, stop, or rest, often for a calculated purpose or effect
After a dramatic pause, the lawyer finished her summation.

Caesura

(Classical prosody) Using two words to divide a metrical foot.

Pause

A delay or suspended reaction, as from uncertainty; a hesitation
After a pause the audience broke into cheers.

Caesura

(typography) The caesura mark ‖ or ||.

Pause

Delay or hesitation
Spoke without pause for an hour.

Caesura

(rare) A break of an era or other measure of history and time; where one era ends and another begins; turning point.

Pause

Reason for hesitation
The immensity of the task gives one pause.

Caesura

A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle of a foot. Also, a long syllable on which the cæsural accent rests, or which is used as a foot.
The prop | er stud | y || of | mankind | is man.

Pause

(Music) A sign, such as a fermata, indicating that a note or rest is to be held.

Caesura

A pause or interruption (as in a conversation); as, after an ominous caesura the preacher continued.

Pause

A break or rest in a line of poetry; a caesura.

Caesura

A pause or interruption (as in a conversation);
After an ominous caesura the preacher continued

Pause

A control mechanism on an audio or video player that halts the playing of a recording and permits playing to be easily resumed from the same point.

Caesura

A break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line

Pause

(intransitive) To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort.

Pause

(intransitive) To interrupt an activity and wait.
When telling the scary story, he paused for effect.

Pause

(intransitive) To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.

Pause

(transitive) To halt the play or playback of, temporarily, so that it can be resumed from the same point.
To pause a song, a video, or a computer game

Pause

To consider; to reflect.

Pause

A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.

Pause

A short time for relaxing and doing something else.

Pause

Hesitation; suspense; doubt.

Pause

In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation mark.
Teach the pupil to mind the pauses.

Pause

A break or paragraph in writing.

Pause

(music) A sign indicating continuance of a note or rest.

Pause

Alternative spelling of Pause

Pause

Take pause: hesitate; give pause: cause to hesitate

Pause

A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.

Pause

Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt.
I stand in pause where I shall first begin.

Pause

In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts.

Pause

In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation point; as, teach the pupil to mind the pauses.

Pause

A break or paragraph in writing.
He writes with warmth, which usually neglects method, and those partitions and pauses which men educated in schools observe.

Pause

A hold. See 4th Hold, 7.

Pause

To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest.
Pausing a while, thus to herself she mused.

Pause

To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses.

Pause

To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.
Why doth the Jew pause? Take thy forfeiture.

Pause

To stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to reflect.

Pause

To cause to stop or rest; - used reflexively.

Pause

A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

Pause

Temporary inactivity

Pause

Interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing;
The speaker paused

Pause

Cease an action temporarily;
We pause for station identification
Let's break for lunch

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