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hip-hop vs popular music

popular music vs hip-hop

hip-hop and popular music both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
hip-hop Yes No No No
popular music Yes No No No
As nouns, popular music is a hypernym of hip-hop; that is, popular music is a word with a broader meaning than hip-hop:
  • hip-hop: genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged
  • popular music: any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time)
Other hypernyms of hip-hop include African-American music, black music, popular music genre.
hip-hop (noun) popular music (noun)
genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time)
an urban youth culture associated with rap music and the fashions of African-American residents of the inner city
Difference between hip-hop and popular music

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