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Fugue vs Fandango - What's the difference?

fugue | fandango |

As nouns the difference between fugue and fandango

is that fugue is a contrapuntal piece of music wherein a particular melody is played in a number of voices, each voice introduced in turn by playing the melody while fandango is a form of flamenco music and dance that has many regional variations (e.g. fandango de Huelva), some of which have their own names (e.g. malagueña, granadina.

As a verb fandango is

to dance the fandango.

fugue

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (music) A contrapuntal piece of music wherein a particular melody is played in a number of voices, each voice introduced in turn by playing the melody.
  • Anything in literature, poetry, film, painting, etc., that resembles a fugue in structure or in its elaborate complexity and formality.

    • Related terms

    * fugue state

    See also

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    fandango

    English

    (wikipedia fandango)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A form of flamenco music and dance that has many regional variations (e.g. fandango de Huelva), some of which have their own names (e.g. malagueña, granadina)
  • An unknown entity or contraption
    • What’s that fandango you’re using?
  • A shade of red-violet

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To dance the fandango
  • (figuratively) To dance, particularly with a lot of energy