Difference between Accompaniment and Attendant

What is the difference between Accompaniment and Attendant?

Accompaniment as a noun is that which gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation. while Attendant as a noun is one who attends; one who works with or watches something.

Accompaniment

Part of speech: noun

Definition: That which gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation. That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry. A part performed by instruments, accompanying another part or parts performed by voices; the subordinate part, or parts, accompanying the voice or a principal instrument; also, the harmony of a figured bass.

Attendant

Part of speech: noun

Definition: One who attends; one who works with or watches something.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Going with; associated; concomitant.

We hope you now know whether to use Accompaniment or Attendant in your sentence.

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