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Bongo vs Conga - What's the difference?

bongo | conga |

As nouns the difference between bongo and conga

is that bongo is (type of small drum) while conga is a tall, narrow, single-headed cuban hand drum of african origin.

As a verb conga is

to dance the conga.

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

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    conga

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia conga) (Conga Line) (en noun)
  • a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban hand drum of African origin
  • a march of Cuban origin in four-four time in which people form a chain, each holding the hips of the person in front of them; in each bar, dancers take three shuffle steps and then kick alternate legs outwards at the beat; the chain weaves around the place and allows new participants to join the back of the chain
  • Derived terms

    * conga line

    See also

    * bunny hop

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To dance the conga.
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