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Mento vs Calypso - What's the difference?

mento | calypso |

As nouns the difference between mento and calypso

is that mento is a folk music genre of Jamaica, featuring acoustic instruments and voices while calypso is a type of music and dance that originated in the West Indies (perhaps Trinidad), a ballad is characterized by improvised lyrics on topical or broadly humorous subjects, often creating satire of current events.

As a proper noun Calypso is

a sea nymph who entertained Odysseus on her island, Ogygia, for seven years.

mento

English

(wikipedia mento)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A folk music genre of Jamaica, featuring acoustic instruments and voices.
  • An individual mento song.

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    calypso

    English

    (Calypso music)

    Etymology 1

    Originally Trinidad English, an alteration of (kaiso), perhaps ultimately of African origin; Allsopp 1996 suggests (etyl) , used to urge dancers on. The spelling reflects a later folk-etymological assimilation with the mythological name (Calypso).

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A type of music and dance that originated in the West Indies (perhaps Trinidad), a ballad is characterized by improvised lyrics on topical or broadly humorous subjects, often creating satire of current events.
    • Derived terms
    * calypsonian

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl), itself from (etyl) (wikipedia calypso) (wikispecies)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A bulbous bog orchid of the genus
  • A light blue color.

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