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Ballet vs Tango - What's the difference?

ballet | tango |

As nouns the difference between ballet and tango

is that ballet is a classical form of dance while tango is tango.

ballet

English

(wikipedia ballet)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A classical form of dance.
  • A theatrical presentation of such dancing, usually with music, sometimes in the form of a story.
  • The company of persons who perform this dance.
  • (music) A light part song, or madrigal, with a fa-la burden or chorus, most common with the Elizabethan madrigal composers.
  • (heraldry) A bearing in coats of arms representing one or more balls, called bezants, plates, etc., according to colour.
  • (Webster 1913)

    Derived terms

    * ballet dancer * ballet flats * ballet music

    See also

    * mime * modern dance ----

    tango

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A Standard ballroom dance in 4/4 time; or a social dance, the Argentine tango.
  • The letter T in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
  • (slang) enemy, used amongst special police forces, derived from the abbreviation of target using the NATO phonetic alphabet.
  • A dark orange colour shade; deep tangerine
  • Verb

  • To dance the tango.
  • (slang) To handle, to flirt with, to deal with.
  • See also

    * it takes two to tango

    Anagrams

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