Difference between Intonate and Chant

What is the difference between Intonate and Chant?

Intonate as a verb is to intone; to utter. while Chant as a verb is to sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.

Intonate

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To intone; to utter. To thunder or to utter in a sonorous or thunderous voice.

Chant

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony.

Example sentence: I have watched Muslims chant 'Death to America!' on the streets of Tehran, then privately beg me to help them get a visa to the United States.

We hope you now know whether to use Intonate or Chant in your sentence.

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