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heavy metal vs rock

rock vs heavy metal

heavy metal and rock both are nouns.

heavy metal is not a verb while rock is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
heavy metal Yes No No No
rock Yes No Yes No
As nouns, rock is a hypernym of heavy metal; that is, rock is a word with a broader meaning than heavy metal:
  • heavy metal: loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat; lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery
  • rock: a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western
Other hypernyms of heavy metal include rock-and-roll, rock'n'roll, rock 'n' roll, rock and roll, rock music.
heavy metal (noun) rock (noun)
loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat; lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery pitching dangerously to one side
a metal of relatively high density (specific gravity greater than about 5) or of high relative atomic weight (especially one that is poisonous like mercury or lead) a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western
hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint)
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
(figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable
material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
heavy metal (verb) rock (verb)
move back and forth or sideways
cause to move back and forth
Difference between heavy metal and rock

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