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rock-and-roll vs heavy metal

heavy metal vs rock-and-roll

rock-and-roll and heavy metal both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
rock-and-roll Yes No No No
heavy metal Yes No No No
As nouns, heavy metal is a hyponym of rock-and-roll; that is, heavy metal is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than rock-and-roll:
  • rock-and-roll: a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western
  • heavy metal: loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat; lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery
rock-and-roll (noun) heavy metal (noun)
a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat; lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery
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)
Difference between rock-and-roll and heavy metal

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