Rhapsody vs. Melody — What's the Difference?

Exalted or excessively enthusiastic expression of feeling in speech or writing.

Melody (from Greek μελῳδία, melōidía, "singing, chanting"), also tune, voice or line, is a linear succession of musical tones that the listener perceives as a single entity. In its most literal sense, a melody is a combination of pitch and rhythm, while more figuratively, the term can include successions of other musical elements such as tonal color.

A literary work written in an impassioned or exalted style.

A pleasing succession or arrangement of sounds.

A state of elated bliss; ecstasy.

Musical quality

(Music) A usually instrumental composition of irregular form that often incorporates improvisation.

A rhythmically organized sequence of single tones so related to one another as to make up a particular phrase or idea.

An ancient Greek epic poem or a portion of one suitable for uninterrupted recitation.

Structure with respect to the arrangement of single notes in succession.

An epic poem, or part of one, suitable for uninterrupted recitation.

The leading part or the air in a composition with accompaniment.

(by extension)

A poem suitable for setting to music or singing.

An exaggeratedly enthusiastic or exalted expression of feeling in speech or writing.

A sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase

(music) An instrumental composition of irregular form, often incorporating improvisation.

A sweet or agreeable succession of sounds.

(archaic) A random collection or medley; a miscellany; also, a confused string of stories, words, etc.

A rhythmical succession of single tones, ranging for the most part within a given key, and so related together as to form a musical whole, having the unity of what is technically called a musical thought, at once pleasing to the ear and characteristic in expression.

A literary composition consisting of miscellaneous works.

The air or tune of a musical piece.

Synonym of rhapsodize

A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence;

(transitive)

The perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes

(intransitive) Followed by about, on, over, or upon: to speak with exaggerated or rapturous enthusiasm.

A recitation or song of a rhapsodist; a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation, or usually recited, at one time; hence, a division of the Iliad or the Odyssey; - called also a book.

A disconnected series of sentences or statements composed under excitement, and without dependence or natural connection; rambling composition.

A composition irregular in form, like an improvisation; as, Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsodies."

An epic poem adapted for recitation