antiphony noun3 •Alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts; a piece sung or chanted in this manner. •Alternate, or responsive ideas or opinions; juxtaposition. •Synonym of apophony (“contrastive vowel modification”).The various types of reduplication […] include full reduplication (tum-tum), […] vowel antiphony (flip-flop, criss-cross) […] — 2019 formsantiphonies