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popular music vs rock-and-roll

rock-and-roll vs popular music

popular music and rock-and-roll both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
popular music Yes No No No
rock-and-roll Yes No No No
As nouns, rock-and-roll is a hyponym of popular music; that is, rock-and-roll is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than popular music:
  • popular music: any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time)
  • rock-and-roll: a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western
popular music (noun) rock-and-roll (noun)
any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time) a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western
Difference between popular music and rock-and-roll

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