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Goth vs Darkwave - What's the difference?

goth | darkwave |

As nouns the difference between goth and darkwave

is that goth is a punk-derived subculture of people who predominately dress in black while darkwave is a musical movement that originated in the late 1970s, combining elements of new wave and gothic rock with dark, thoughtful lyrics and an undertone of sorrow.

As an adjective goth

is relating to this music or these people.

goth

English

(Goth subculture)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (uncountable) A punk-derived subculture of people who predominately dress in black.
  • * {{quote-song
  • , year = 2005 , title = Goth Girls , composer = (MC Frontalot) , album = Nerdcore Rising , url = http://frontalot.com/index.php/?page=lyrics&lyricid=14 }}
    I think that goth could flower in nerdcore's embrace.
    I converted Edward Gorey's lettering into a typeface,
    befriended vampires on LJ and MySpace,
    even put that spooky echo filter on the bass
    Philip had been into goth for many years.
  • (uncountable, music) A style of punk rock influenced by glam rock; gothic rock.
  • (countable) A person who is part of the goth subculture.
  • We saw a solitary goth hanging out on the steps of the train station.

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Relating to this music or these people.
  • With her black clothes and dyed hair, Melanie looked very goth compared to her classmates.

    Derived terms

    * cybergoth * gothness * goth up * mallgoth

    See also

    * gothic * Gothic ----

    darkwave

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (music) A musical movement that originated in the late 1970s, combining elements of new wave and gothic rock with dark, thoughtful lyrics and an undertone of sorrow.
  • * 2002 , Jules Brown, Dinah Gardner, Hong Kong and Macau (page 315)
  • As well as mainstream pop you'll find dance, funk and all kinds of club music, world music and even very select genres such as darkwave medieval, darkwave gothic to darkwave neofolk.

    Derived terms

    * darkwaver