Section
Section noun - An area (as of a city) set apart for some purpose or having some special feature.
Transition and section are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Transition" instead a noun "Section".
Transition
Transition noun - The act of passing from one state or place to the next.
Section and transition are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Section" instead a noun "Transition".
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- Part three of "Cascade" tapers out onto a heartbeat, then silence, before the fourth and final section begins; this transition corresponds with the Tumor going off in the flash.
Source: Heartbeat Soundtrack - Also jazz, "Moanin'" by Charles Mingus has one that forces a transition from a chaotic section of the song where literally every wind player is soloing at once back to a rockin' bari sax riff.
Source: Stop and Go - The 5th Symphony: Famous for it's subject of triumph over adversity, particularly the "darkness to light" transition during the final section.
Source: Determinator / Music
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