How does consonance differ from dissonance?

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Patrick H.
Jun 25, 2018

Consonance is the repetition of similar sounds in a word or set of words. An example of this could be "silver, glistening seal". Dissonance is the exact opposite, where differing sounds are put next to each other, such as in "peculiar rapscallion".

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