Music and Noise

Music

Music noun - An artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner.

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Noise and music are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Noise" instead a noun "Music".

Nearby Words: muse, musical, musician, musically

Noise noun - Loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound.

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Music and noise are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Music" instead a noun "Noise".

Nearby Words: noisy, noisily, noiseless, noised, noiselessly

similar	similar music	similar noise
normal	normal music	normal noise
usual	usual music	usual noise
loud	loud music	loud noise
Other adjectives: actual, sad, bad, ominous, experimental, eerie, scary, different, creepy, ambient.

In Sophie Treadwell's play Machinal, every scene is accompanied by some sort of background music or noise, with the exception of the scene where the husband and wife spend a quiet evening at home, where there is no sound until the wife goes insane and murders her husband.

Source: Quieter Than Silence
Just remember that the difference between music and noise is often purely subjective (even more so here).

Source: Horrible / Music
Three tracks are named Krazy Kat, Shock Corridor and American Psycho Stop and Go: "American Psycho" has a few moments where all music and noise stops for a few seconds, then comes back crashing in.

Source: Music / Radio

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