classical vs fugue

fugue vs classical

classical and fugue both are nouns.

classical is an adjective but fugue is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
classical	Yes	Yes	No	No
fugue	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, fugue is a hyponym of classical; that is, fugue is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than classical:

classical: traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste
fugue: a musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement

Other hyponyms of classical include chamber music, opera, cantata, oratorio, concerto, rondeau, rondo.

classical (noun)	fugue (noun)
traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste	a musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement
	a dreamlike state of altered consciousness that may last for hours or days
	dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who they are and leaves home to create a new life; during the fugue there is no memory of the former life; after recovering there is no memory for events during the dissociative state

classical (adjective)	fugue (adjective)
of or relating to the first significant period of a civilization, culture, area of study, etc.
of or relating to the study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome
of or relating to the languages used by ancient standard authors
well-known and long-established in form or style
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture
of or relating to music in the European tradition, such as symphonies and operas
(physics) relating to or based on concepts that preceded the theories of relativity and quantum mechanics

Difference between classical and fugue

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