talk vs rap

talk and rap both are nouns.

talk and rap both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
talk	Yes	No	Yes	No
rap	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, rap is a hyponym of talk; that is, rap is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than talk:

talk: exchange thoughts; talk with
rap: talk volubly

Other hyponyms of talk include carry on, continue, go on, proceed, discourse, dissertate, hold forth, pontificate, orate, talk down, spiel, dogmatise, dogmatize, cheek, level, talk turkey, monologuise, monologuize, soliloquise, soliloquize, converse, discourse, butterfly, chat up, coquet, coquette, dally, flirt, mash, philander, romance, dish the dirt, gossip.

talk (noun)	rap (noun)
the act of giving a talk to an audience	the act of hitting vigorously
an exchange of ideas via conversation	a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
idle gossip or rumor	voluble conversation
a speech that is open to the public	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
discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of')	the sound made by a gentle blow
	a gentle blow

talk (verb)	rap (verb)
express in speech	talk volubly
exchange thoughts; talk with	strike sharply
reveal information	perform rap music
use language	make light, repeated taps on a surface
deliver a lecture or talk
divulge confidential information or secrets

Difference between talk and rap

Words related to "talk"

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.