dance music vs rag

rag vs dance music

dance music and rag both are nouns.

dance music is not a verb while rag is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dance music	Yes	No	No	No
rag	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, rag is a hyponym of dance music; that is, rag is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dance music:

dance music: music to dance to
rag: music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)

Other hyponyms of dance music include beguine, bolero, carioca, conga, flamenco, gavotte, habanera, hornpipe, gigue, jig, landler, mazurka, minuet, paso doble, pavan, pavane, polka, quadrille, reel, rhumba, rumba, samba, saraband, tango, tarantella, techno, waltz, ragtime, jazz, kwela, csardas, czardas, galop.

dance music (noun)	rag (noun)
music to dance to	a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)
a genre of popular music composed for ballroom dancing	a small piece of cloth
	newspaper with half-size pages
	music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)
	a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities

dance music (verb)	rag (verb)
	break into lumps before sorting
	censure severely or angrily
	harass with persistent criticism or carping
	play in ragtime
	treat cruelly
	cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

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