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folk ballad vs blues

blues vs folk ballad

folk ballad and blues both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
folk ballad Yes No No No
blues Yes No No No
As nouns, blues is a hyponym of folk ballad; that is, blues is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than folk ballad:
  • folk ballad: a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture
  • blues: a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes
Other hyponyms of folk ballad include fado.
folk ballad (noun) blues (noun)
a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes
a state of depression
Difference between folk ballad and blues

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