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rock vs popular music

popular music vs rock

rock and popular music both are nouns.

rock is a verb but popular music is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
rock Yes No Yes No
popular music Yes No No No
As nouns, popular music is a hypernym of rock; that is, popular music is a word with a broader meaning than rock:
  • rock: a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western
  • popular music: any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time)
Other hypernyms of rock include popular music genre.
rock (noun) popular music (noun)
pitching dangerously to one side 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
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
rock (verb) popular music (verb)
move back and forth or sideways
cause to move back and forth
Difference between rock and popular music

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