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Term for words that don't quite rhyme but that are used as rhymes?

In high school we were taught about a word that is used for words that don't rhyme but that are used as rhymes, such as "dawn" and "song." Now I can't remember what that word is. Does anyone know what the word is? Many thanks.
Sincerely,
-Shawn
  

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" Now I can't remember what that word is. Does anyone know what the word is? [/nq] "Near rhyme".

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  • " Now I can't remember what that word is.
  • Does anyone know what the word is?
  • [/nq] "Near rhyme".
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[nq:1]In high school we were taught about a word that is used for words that don't rhyme but that are used as rhymes, such as "dawn" and "song." Now I can't remember what that word is. Does anyone know what the word is? Many thanks.[/nq]
"Near rhyme".
Don
Kansas City
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[nq:1]In high school we were taught about a word that is used for words that don't rhyme but that are used as rhymes, such as "dawn" and "song."[/nq]
This works for my CINC accent, BTW: "song", like "dawn", has the "caught" vowel. Is it also thus in TURP? I don't know, but presumably Ron does.

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[nq:2]In high school we were taught about a word that ... is. Does anyone know what the word is? Many thanks.[/nq]
[nq:1]"Near rhyme".[/nq]
AKA off rhyme, half rhyme, oblique rhyme, slant rhyme.

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Liebs
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[nq:1]In high school we were taught about a word that is used for words that don't rhyme but that are ... "song." Now I can't remember what that word is. Does anyone know what the word is? Many thanks. Sincerely, -Shawn[/nq]
Assonance?

John Dean
Oxford
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[nq:2]In high school we were taught about a word that ... that are used as rhymes, such as "dawn" and "song."[/nq]
[nq:1]This works for my CINC accent, BTW: "song", like "dawn", has the "caught" vowel. Is it also thus in TURP? I don't know, but presumably Ron does.[/nq]
Assonance.
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[nq:2]In high school we were taught about a word that ... that are used as rhymes, such as "dawn" and "song."[/nq]
[nq:1]This works for my CINC accent, BTW: "song", like "dawn", has the "caught" vowel.[/nq]
But it's still not a (full) rhyme, as the final consonant is different, no?
Since the only difference between /n/ and /N/ is the place of articulation, they work for songs.
When
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Evan Kirshenbaum filted:
[nq:1]When this came up a few years ago, I wrote(1) I once saw a paper on such rhymes in song ... (place) Good Morning, Good Morning asleep/street (place) changed/same (place + subtraction) show/goes (addition) A Day in the Lie before/Lords (addition)[/nq]
Try one of mine...the "rhymes" in the first two verses are: come/sun
fading/remaining
center/mental
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