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Sorrow vs Darkwave - What's the difference?

sorrow | darkwave |

As nouns the difference between sorrow and darkwave

is that sorrow is (uncountable) unhappiness, woe while darkwave is (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.

As a verb sorrow

is to feel or express grief.

sorrow

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) unhappiness, woe
  • * Rambler
    • The safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment.
  • (countable) (usually in plural) An instance or cause of unhappiness.
    • Parting is such sweet sorrow .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To feel or express grief.
  • * 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 424:
    • ‘Sorrow not, sir,’ says he, ‘like those without hope.’
  • To feel grief over; to mourn, regret.
  • *, II.12:
    • It is impossible to make a man naturally blind, to conceive that he seeth not; impossible to make him desire to see, and sorrow his defect.

    References

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    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