glee vs vocal

glee

noun
  • An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices, not necessarily merry. 

  • Music; minstrelsy; entertainment. 

  • Joy; happiness; great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from another's misfortune. 

verb
  • To sing a glee (unaccompanied part song). 

vocal

noun
  • A part of a piece of music that is sung. 

  • A musical performance involving singing. 

  • A man in the Roman Catholic Church who has a right to vote in certain elections. 

  • A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic. 

adj
  • Relating to, composed or arranged for, or sung by the human voice. 

  • Of, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech. 

  • Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng. 

  • Used in the production of speech sounds. 

  • Synonym of expressive. 

  • Uttered or modulated by the voice; expressed in words. 

  • Full of voices. 

  • Expressing opinions or feelings freely, loudly, or insistently. 

  • Having or exercising the power of producing voice, speech, or sound. 

  • Synonym of vocalic. 

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