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Tango vs Fandango - What's the difference?

tango | fandango |

As nouns the difference between tango and fandango

is that tango is tango while fandango is a form of flamenco music and dance that has many regional variations (eg fandango de huelva), some of which have their own names (eg malagueña, granadina).

As a verb fandango is

to dance the fandango.

tango

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A Standard ballroom dance in 4/4 time; or a social dance, the Argentine tango.
  • The letter T in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
  • (slang) enemy, used amongst special police forces, derived from the abbreviation of target using the NATO phonetic alphabet.
  • A dark orange colour shade; deep tangerine

    • Verb

  • To dance the tango.
  • (slang) To handle, to flirt with, to deal with.

    • See also

    * it takes two to tango

    Anagrams

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    fandango

    English

    (wikipedia fandango)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A form of flamenco music and dance that has many regional variations (e.g. fandango de Huelva), some of which have their own names (e.g. malagueña, granadina)
  • An unknown entity or contraption
    • What’s that fandango you’re using?
  • A shade of red-violet

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To dance the fandango
  • (figuratively) To dance, particularly with a lot of energy