Difference between Pastorale and Pastoral

What is the difference between Pastorale and Pastoral?

Pastorale as a noun is a play or a musical product which has a pastoral subject while Pastoral as a noun is a poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyll; a bucolic.

Pastorale

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a play or a musical product which has a pastoral subject art that is suggestive of pastoral themes

Pastoral

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life.Relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church; as, pastoral duties; a pastoral letter.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyll; a bucolic.A cantata relating to rural life; a composition for instruments characterized by simplicity and sweetness; a lyrical composition the subject of which is taken from rural life. MooreA letter of a pastor to his charge; specifically, a letter addressed by a bishop to his diocese.A letter of the w:House of Bishops, to be read in each parish.

We hope you now know whether to use Pastorale or Pastoral in your sentence.

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