Jazz vs Opera - What's the difference?
jazz | opera |
(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.
(lb) A theatrical work combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.
(lb) The score for such a work.
A building designed for the performance of such works; an opera house.
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A company dedicated to performing such works.
(lb) Any showy, melodramatic or unrealistic production resembing an opera.
A collection of work (plural of opus).
As nouns the difference between jazz and opera
is that jazz is 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 while opera is a theatrical work combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.As a verb jazz
is to play jazz music.As a proper noun Jazz
is a diminutive=James given name.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.