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Bongo vs Bungo - What's the difference?

bongo | bungo |

As nouns the difference between bongo and bungo

is that bongo is a striped bovine mammal found in Africa, Tragelaphus eurycerus while bungo is a Japanese written language established mainly during the Heian period, circa 900–1200 (CE), and continued to be commonly used until circa 1900.

As a verb bongo

is to play the bongo.

bongo

English

(wikipedia bongo)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A striped bovine mammal found in Africa, Tragelaphus eurycerus .

    • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • One of a pair of small drums of Cuban origin, played by beating with the hands.
  • * 1984 , Dire Straits (band), Money for Nothing (song)
    • He's banging on the bongos like a chimpanzee.

    Derived terms

    * bongoist

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To play the bongo
  • To beat with an irregular rhythm
  • To hit something rhythmically with the hands.

    • Anagrams

    * * ----

    bungo

    English

    Etymology 1

    The transliteration of Japanese ) "writing language".

    Alternative forms

    * Bungo

    Noun

    (-)
  • a Japanese written language established mainly during the Heian period, circa 900–1200 , and continued to be commonly used until circa 1900.
    • Synonyms
    * Classical Japanese

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A kind of canoe used in Central America and South America.
  • A kind of boat used in the southern United States.
    • (Bartlett)
    (Webster 1913)