popular music genre vs rap

rap vs popular music genre

popular music genre and rap both are nouns.

popular music genre is not a verb while rap is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
popular music genre	Yes	No	No	No
rap	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, rap is a hyponym of popular music genre; that is, rap is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than popular music genre:

popular music genre: any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time)
rap: 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

Other hyponyms of popular music genre include disco, disco music, macumba, pop, pop music, ethnic music, folk, folk music, ballroom music, dance music, danceroom music, jazz, hip-hop, rap music, R and B, rhythm and blues, rockabilly, rock-and-roll, rock'n'roll, rock 'n' roll, rock, rock and roll, rock music, reggae, skiffle, shoegazing, electronic music.

popular music genre (noun)	rap (noun)
any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time)	the act of hitting vigorously
	a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
	voluble conversation
	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
	the sound made by a gentle blow
	a gentle blow

popular music genre (verb)	rap (verb)
	talk volubly
	strike sharply
	perform rap music
	make light, repeated taps on a surface

Difference between popular music genre and rap

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