Difference between Rondeau and Rondo

What is the difference between Rondeau and Rondo?

Rondeau as a noun is a fixed form of verse based on two rhyme sounds and consisting usually of 13 lines in three stanzas with the opening words of the first line of the first stanza used as an independent refrain after the second and third stanzas. while Rondo as a noun is a musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.

We hope you now know whether to use Rondeau or Rondo in your sentence.