Jazz vs Country - What's the difference?
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(music) A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation.
Energy, excitement, excitability. Very lively.
The (in)tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a thing.
Unspecified thing(s).
(lb) Of excellent quality, the genuine article.
Nonsense.
To play jazz music.
To dance to the tunes of jazz music.
To enliven, brighten up, make more colourful or exciting; excite
To complicate.
To have sex with.
* 1931 , William Faulkner, Sanctuary , Vintage 1993, page 59:
To destroy.
To distract/pester.
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(label) An area of land; a district, region.
* 2010 , David Vann, The Observer , 7 Mar 2010:
A set region of land having particular human occupation or agreed limits, especially inhabited by members of the same race, language speakers etc., or associated with a given person, occupation, species etc.
* 2007 , Chris Moss, The Guardian , 17 Feb 2007:
The territory of a nation, especially an independent nation state or formerly independent nation; a political entity asserting ultimate authority over a geographical area.
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* 1994 , (Nelson Mandela), Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 3:
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* 2000 , Alexander Chancellor, The Guardian , 4 Mar.:
Country music.
(label) The rock through which a vein runs.
From or in the countryside or connected with it.
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Of or connected to country music.
As a proper noun jazz
is .As a noun country is
(label) an area of land; a district, region.As an adjective country is
from or in the countryside or connected with it.jazz
English
Alternative forms
* jaz, jas, jass, jaszNoun
(-)- What jazz were you referring to earlier?
- What is all this jazz lying around?
- I'm just going down to the shops and jazz = I am off to purchase items and etcetera.
- That show was the jazz ! = That musical concert/television program was most enjoyable.
- This risotto is simply the jazz . = This risotto was cooked in the classic manner.
- Stop talking jazz .
Verb
- Don’t jazz it too much! = Be careful, it was good to start with!
- ‘Jazzing ?’ Temple whispered [...]. ‘Yes, putty-face!’ the woman said. ‘How do you suppose I paid that lawyer?’
- You’ve gone and jazzed it now! = It is ruined.
- Stop jazzing me! = Leave me alone.
References
country
English
Noun
(countries)- We walk along flat, open country , red dirt and spinifex grass, a few short trees.
- This is condor country - the only region this far east where you can see the magnificent vulture - and a small national park straddling the passes, El Condorito, is a good stopover for walkers and birders.
George Goodchild
- It is a beautiful country of rolling hills, fertile valleys, and a thousand rivers and streams which keep the landscape green even in winter.
- These days corporate Germany looks rather different. Volkswagen, the country ’s leading carmaker, wants to be the world’s biggest by 2018.
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- I have always thought that one of the main reasons for the popularity of blood sports in the country is the pointlessness of going outdoors with no purpose or destination in mind.