Difference between Pace and Tempo

What is the difference between Pace and Tempo?

Pace as a noun is a step taken with the foot. while Tempo as a noun is a frequency or rate

Pace

Part of speech: preposition

Definition: With all due respect to.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A step taken with the foot. An English Customary Unit of distance measuring approximately five feet. Speed or velocity. A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed after bouncing. For ground forces, the speed of a column or element regulated to maintain a prescribed average speed. A 2-beat, lateral gait of a horse. The collective noun for donkeys. Easter.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: Walk to and fro in a small space. Set the speed in a race. Measure by walking.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Describing a bowler who bowls fast balls.

Example sentence: The pace of discovery is going unbelievably fast.

Tempo

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a frequency or ratea move which is part of one's own plan or strategy and forces, e.g. by means of a check or attacking a piece, the opponent to make a move which is not bad but of no use for him.The number of beats per minute in a piece of music; also, an indicative term denoting approximate rate of speed in written music (examples: allegro, andante)

Example sentence: I have to think in terms of musical tempo. Let's say someone comes into a room and slowly sits down or someone rushes into the room and rushes to sit down. That's how to work out the tempo of the music you produce.

We hope you now know whether to use Pace or Tempo in your sentence.

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