antiphony

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts; a piece sung or chanted in this manner.
2. noun Alternate, or responsive ideas or opinions; juxtaposition.
3. noun Synonym of apophony (“contrastive vowel modification”).

Similar words

antiphon call-and-response heterophony alternation call and response call-response counterphrase homophony homoeophony homoiophony

Often followed by

of between is and in to with iv iii

Word family

antiphonies