folk vs country and western

country and western vs folk

folk and country and western both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
folk	Yes	No	No	No
country and western	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, country and western is a hyponym of folk; that is, country and western is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than folk:

folk: the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
country and western: a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instruments

Other hyponyms of folk include folk ballad, folk song, folksong, schottische, C and W, country music, gospel, gospel singing, square-dance music, folk metal.

folk (noun)	country and western (noun)
the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community	a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instruments
people in general (often used in the plural)
a social division of (usually preliterate) people
people descended from a common ancestor

Difference between folk and country and western

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