samba vs canasta
canasta vs sambasamba and canasta both are nouns.
samba is a verb but canasta is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| samba | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| canasta | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
canasta is a hypernym of
samba; that is, canasta is a
word with a broader meaning than samba:
- samba: a form of canasta using three decks of cards and six jokers
- canasta: a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank
Other hypernyms of samba include
basket rummy, meld.
| samba (noun) | canasta (noun) |
|---|---|
| a lively dance from Brazil, with roots from Africa | a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank |
| a form of canasta using three decks of cards and six jokers | |
| music composed for dancing the samba | |
| large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood |
| samba (verb) | canasta (verb) |
|---|---|
| dance the samba |
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