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Rock vs. Pop: Know the Difference

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By Shumaila Saeed || Published on February 5, 2024
Rock music is characterized by a strong beat, guitar-driven sound, and often rebellious themes, while Pop is more focused on catchy melodies and broad, mainstream appeal.
Rock vs. Pop

Key Differences

Rock music is known for its emphasis on instrumental skill and live performance, often featuring electric guitars, drums, and strong vocals. Pop music typically focuses on vocals and melodies, with less emphasis on instrumental solos.
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The origins of Rock trace back to the 1950s, with roots in blues, country, and R&B. Pop music, evolving around the same time, is more influenced by a combination of various music styles aimed at a wider audience.
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Rock lyrics often deal with wider and more varied themes, from rebellion to social issues. Pop lyrics are generally more focused on themes like love, relationships, and personal experiences.
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Rock has spawned numerous subgenres like punk, metal, and indie, each with distinct characteristics. Pop music is more fluid, constantly adapting to current trends and often incorporates elements from various genres.
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The audience for Rock music is typically more niche and dedicated, with fans prizing authenticity and depth. Pop music appeals to a broader audience, prioritizing accessibility and chart success.
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Comparison Chart

Primary Focus

Instrumentals and live performance
Catchy melodies and vocals
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Typical Instruments

Electric guitars, drums
Synthesizers, electronic beats
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Lyric Themes

Rebellion, social issues
Love, personal experiences
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Subgenres

Punk, metal, indie
Adapts to trends, incorporates variety
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Audience

Niche, dedicated
Broad, mainstream
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Rock and Pop Definitions

Rock

A style often associated with rebellion and social commentary.
The rock song they played had powerful lyrics about political change.
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Pop

A genre of music aimed at a wide audience, often with catchy tunes.
Her latest single is a pop song that's topping the charts.
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Rock

Music focusing on instrumental expertise and powerful vocals.
Rock bands often have iconic lead singers and talented guitarists.
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Pop

Music that incorporates elements from various styles and trends.
Pop music today often includes electronic and dance elements.
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A diverse genre with subgenres like punk and metal.
He enjoys listening to different types of rock, especially indie rock.
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Pop

A genre with an emphasis on vocal ability and mainstream appeal.
The pop artist's voice is amazing, and her songs are very catchy.
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Rock

Relatively hard, naturally formed mineral or petrified matter; stone.
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Pop

A fluid genre that constantly evolves with current trends.
Pop music has changed a lot over the years, always reflecting current tastes.
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A relatively small piece or fragment of such material.
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Pop

To make a short, sharp, explosive sound.
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A relatively large body of such material, as a cliff or peak.
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Pop

To burst open with a short, sharp, explosive sound.
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A naturally formed aggregate of mineral matter constituting a significant part of the earth's crust.
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To move quickly or unexpectedly; appear abruptly
At last the cottage popped into view.
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One that is similar to or suggestive of a mass of stone in stability, firmness, or dependability
The family has been his rock during this difficult time.
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Pop

To open wide suddenly
The child's eyes popped with astonishment.
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Rock

Rocks(Slang) Money.
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Pop

To have the eustachian tubes open suddenly, equalizing pressure on both sides of the eardrum in response to changes in atmospheric pressure, as in a descending airplane
After I swallowed, my ears popped.
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Rock

(Slang) A large gem, especially a diamond.
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Pop

(Baseball) To hit a short high fly ball, especially one that can be caught by an infielder
Popped out to shortstop.
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(Slang) Crack cocaine.
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To shoot a firearm, such as a pistol.
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A varicolored stick candy.
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Pop

To be exciting
A club that really pops at night.
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Rock

Rock candy.
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Pop

To be visually striking
A logo that really pops.
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Rock

A rocking motion.
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Pop

To cause to make a sharp bursting sound.
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Rock

The act of rocking.
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Pop

To cause to open with a sharp bursting sound
Popped the hood of the car to check the oil.
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(Music) A form of popular music characterized by electronically amplified instrumentation, a heavily accented beat, and relatively simple phrase structure. Originating in the United States in the 1950s, rock incorporates a variety of musical styles, especially rhythm and blues, country music, and gospel. Also called rock-and-roll, rock 'n' roll.
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Pop

To cause to explode with a sharp bursting sound
Popped the balloon.
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Rock

To move back and forth or from side to side, especially gently or rhythmically.
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To put or thrust suddenly or unexpectedly
"popping a crisp plump shrimp into her mouth" (Kathleen Winsor).
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To sway violently, as from a blow or shock.
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Pop

To discharge (a firearm).
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Rock

To be washed and panned in a cradle or in a rocker. Used of ores.
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Pop

To fire at; shoot.
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Rock

(Music) To play or dance to rock music.
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Pop

To hit or strike
Popped me on the head.
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Rock

(Slang) To be excellent or outstanding. Used in exclamations of approval.
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Pop

(Baseball) To hit (a ball) high in the air but not far.
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To move (a child, for example) back and forth or from side to side, especially in order to soothe or lull to sleep.
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Pop

To release (a clutch) suddenly.
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To cause to shake or sway violently.
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Pop

To take (drugs), especially orally
"To calm a case of the jitters ... the bride popped Valium" (People).
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To disturb the mental or emotional equilibrium of; upset
News of the scandal rocked the town.
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Pop

To have (a drink)
Popped a few beers after work.
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Rock

To excite or cause strong feeling in, as by playing rock music.
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Pop

(Slang) To take into legal custody; arrest
"Her friend was visiting and got popped for a DUI while he was driving her car" (Jamie Harrison).
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Rock

To wash or pan (ore) in a cradle or rocker.
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Pop

A sudden sharp, explosive sound.
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Rock

In mezzotint engraving, to roughen (a metal plate) with a rocker or roulette.
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Pop

A shot with a firearm.
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(Slang) To exhibit, display, or use with flair
The actor rocked a pair of diamond-studded sunglasses at the movie premiere.
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Pop

Chiefly Midwestern US See soft drink. See Note at tonic.
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Rock

A formation of minerals, specifically:
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Pop

(Baseball) A pop fly.
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Rock

(uncountable) The naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter that constitutes a significant part of the earth's crust.
The face of the cliff is solid rock.
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Pop

Father.
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Rock

A mass of stone projecting out of the ground or water.
The ship crashed on the rocks.
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Pop

Popular music.
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Rock

(chiefly British) A boulder or large stone; or a smaller stone; a pebble.
Some fool has thrown a rock through my window.
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Pop

Pop art.
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Rock

(geology) Any natural material with a distinctive composition of minerals.
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Pop

With a popping sound.
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Rock

(slang) A precious stone or gem, especially a diamond.
Look at the size of that rock on her finger!
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Pop

Abruptly or unexpectedly.
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Rock

A large hill or island having no vegetation.
Pearl Rock near Cape Cod is so named because the morning sun makes it gleam like a pearl.
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Pop

Of or for the general public; popular or popularized
Pop culture.
Pop psychology.
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Rock

(figuratively) Something that is strong, stable, and dependable; a person who provides security or support to another.
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Pop

Of, relating to, or specializing in popular music
A pop singer.
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Rock

A lump or cube of ice.
I'll have a whisky on the rocks, please.
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Pop

Of or suggestive of pop art
A pop style.
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Rock

A type of confectionery made from sugar in the shape of a stick, traditionally having some text running through its length.
While we're in Brighton, let's get a stick of rock!
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Pop

(countable) A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle.
Listen to the pop of a champagne cork.
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Rock

A crystallized lump of crack cocaine.
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Pop

An effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop.
Lunch was sandwiches and a bottle of pop.
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Rock

An unintelligent person, especially one who repeats mistakes.
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A bottle, can, or serving of effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; a soda pop.
Go in the store and buy us three pops.
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Rock

An Afrikaner.
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Pop

A pop shot: a quick, possibly unaimed, shot with a firearm.
The man with the gun took a pop at the rabbit.
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Rock

An extremely conservative player who is willing to play only the very strongest hands.
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Pop

A quantity dispensed; a portion; apiece.
They cost 50 pence a pop.
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Rock

Any of several fish:
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Pop

Something that stands out or is distinctive to the mind or senses.
A white dress with a pop of red
A pop of vanilla flavour
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Rock

The striped bass.
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Pop

(computing) The removal of a data item from the top of a stack.
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Rock

The huss or rock salmon.
We ordered rock and chips to take away.
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Pop

A bird, the European redwing.
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Rock

A basketball.
Yo homie, pass the rock!
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Pop

(physics) The sixth derivative of the position vector with respect to time (after velocity, acceleration, jerk, jounce, crackle), i.e. the rate of change of crackle.
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Rock

A mistake.
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Pop

A pistol.
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Rock

(curling) stone.
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Pop

A small, immature peanut, boiled as a snack.
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Rock

(rock paper scissors) A closed hand (a handshape resembling a rock), that beats scissors and loses to paper. It beats lizard and loses to Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
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Pop

(colloquial) freeze pop
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Rock

A cricket ball, especially a new one that has not been softened by use
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Pop

A (usually very) loud audience reaction.
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Rock

A crystal used to control the radio frequency.
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Pop

One's father.
My pop used to tell me to do my homework every night.
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Rock

An act of rocking; a rocking motion; a sway.
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Pop

Pop music.
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Rock

A style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar, bass guitar, drums, and vocals.
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A Russian Orthodox priest; a parson.
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(countable) Distaff.
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Pop

(intransitive) To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound.
The muskets popped away on all sides.
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Rock

(uncountable) The flax or wool on a distaff.
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Pop

(ergative) To burst (something) with a popping sound.
The boy with the pin popped the balloon.
This corn pops well.
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Rock

To move gently back and forth.
Rock the baby to sleep.
The empty swing rocked back and forth in the wind.
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Pop

To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart.
A rabbit popped out of the hole.
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(transitive) To cause to shake or sway violently.
Don't rock the boat.
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Pop

To place (something) (somewhere); to move or position (something) with a short movement.
Just pop it in the fridge for now.
He popped his head around the door.
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(intransitive) To sway or tilt violently back and forth.
The boat rocked at anchor.
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Pop

To make a short trip or visit.
I'm just popping round to the newsagent.
I'll pop by your place later today.
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Rock

To be washed and panned in a cradle or in a rocker.
The ores had been rocked and laid out for inspection.
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(intransitive) To stand out; to be distinctive to the senses.
This colour really pops.
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(transitive) To disturb the emotional equilibrium of; to distress; to greatly impact (most often positively).
Downing Street has been rocked by yet another sex scandal.
She rocked my world.
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Pop

(transitive) To hit (something or someone).
He popped me on the nose.
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(intransitive) To do well or to be operating at high efficiency.
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To shoot (usually somebody) with a firearm.
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Rock

To be cool.
That band rocks!
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Pop

To ejaculate; to orgasm.
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Rock

To make love to or have sex with.
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Pop

To remove (a data item) from the top of a stack.
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(intransitive) To sway one's body as a stim.
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Pop

To give birth.
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Rock

(intransitive) To play, perform, or enjoy rock music, especially with a lot of skill or energy.
Let's rock!
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To pawn (something) (to raise money).
I had to pop my watch to see me through until pay-day.
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To be very favourable or skilful; excel; be fantastic.
Chocolate rocks.
My holidays in Ibiza rocked! I can't wait to go back.
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Pop

To swallow or consume (especially a tablet of a drug, sometimes extended to other small items such as sweets or candy).
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(transitive) To thrill or excite, especially with rock music.
Let's rock this joint!
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To perform (a move or stunt) while riding a board or vehicle.
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(transitive) To do something with excitement yet skillfully.
I need to rock a piss.
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To undergo equalization of pressure when the Eustachian tubes open.
My ears popped as the aeroplane began to ascend.
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Rock

(transitive) To wear (a piece of clothing, outfit etc.) successfully or with style; to carry off (a particular look, style).
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(dance) To perform the popping style of dance.
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Rock

See Roc.
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Pop

To arrest.
He's on probation. We can pop him right now for gang association.
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Rock

A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in spinning.
Sad Clotho held the rocke, the whiles the threadBy grisly Lachesis was spun with pain,That cruel Atropos eftsoon undid.
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Used to represent a loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle.
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A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See Stone.
Come one, come all! this rock shall flyFrom its firm base as soon as I.
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Pop

(used attributively in set phrases) Popular.
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Rock

Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds.
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Pop

A small, sharp, quick explosive sound or report; as, to go off with a pop.
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Rock

That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge.
The Lord is my rock, and my fortress.
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A nonalcoholic carbonated beverage; - so called because it expels the cork with a pop from the bottle containing it; as, ginger pop; lemon pop, etc.
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Rock

Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
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The European redwing.
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Rock

The striped bass. See under Bass.
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Pop

To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound; as, the muskets popped away on all sides.
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Rock

To cause to sway backward and forward, as a body resting on a support beneath; as, to rock a cradle or chair; to cause to vibrate; to cause to reel or totter.
A rising earthquake rocked the ground.
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Pop

To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart; - with in, out, upon, off, etc.
He that killed my king . . . Popp'd in between the election and my hopes.
A trick of popping up and down every moment.
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Rock

To move as in a cradle; hence, to put to sleep by rocking; to still; to quiet.
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Pop

To burst open with a pop, when heated over a fire; as, this corn pops well.
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Rock

To move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently agitated; to reel; to totter.
The rocking townSupplants their footsteps.
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Pop

To thrust or push suddenly; to offer suddenly; to bring suddenly and unexpectedly to notice; as, to pop one's head in at the door.
He popped a paper into his hand.
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Rock

To roll or saway backward and forward upon a support; as, to rock in a rocking-chair.
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Pop

To cause to pop; to cause to burst open by heat, as grains of Indian corn; as, to pop corn or chestnuts.
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Rock

A lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter;
He threw a rock at me
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Pop

To eat or swallow; - of food, especially snacks, in small pieces; as, he popped a whole can of peanuts while watching the movie.
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Rock

Material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust;
That mountain is solid rock
Stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries
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Pop

Like a pop; suddenly; unexpectedly.
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Rock

United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984)
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Pop

An informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
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Rock

(figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable;
He was her rock during the crisis
Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church
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Pop

A sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring;
In New England they call sodas tonics
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Rock

Hard stick bright-colored stick candy typically peppermint flavored
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Pop

A sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork
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Rock

A genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of Black rhythm-and-blues with White country-and-western;
Rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll.
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Pop

Music of general appeal to teenagers; a bland watered-down version of rock'n'roll with more rhythm and harmony and an emphasis on romantic love
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Rock

Pitching dangerously to one side
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Pop

Bulge outward;
His eyes popped
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Rock

Move back and forth or sideways;
The ship was rocking
The tall building swayed
She rocked back and forth on her feet
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Pop

Hit a pop-fly;
He popped out to shortstop
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Rock

Cause to move back and forth;
Rock the cradle
Rock the baby
The wind swayed the trees gently
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Pop

Make a sharp explosive noise;
The cork of the champagne bottle popped
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Rock

A genre of music characterized by a strong rhythm and use of guitars.
His favorite band plays classic rock from the 70s.
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Pop

Fire a weapon with a loud explosive noise;
The soldiers were popping
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Rock

Music with roots in blues and country, emphasizing live performance.
She went to a rock concert that featured amazing guitar solos.
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Pop

Cause to make a sharp explosive sound;
He popped the champagne bottle
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Pop

Appear suddenly or unexpectedly;
The farm popped into view as we turned the corner
He suddenly popped up out of nowhere
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Pop

Put or thrust suddenly and forcefully;
Pop the pizza into the microwave oven
He popped the petit-four into his mouth
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Pop

Release suddenly;
Pop the clutch
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Pop

Hit or strike;
He popped me on the head
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Pop

Drink down entirely;
He downed three martinis before dinner
She killed a bottle of brandy that night
They popped a few beer after work
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Pop

Take drugs, especially orally;
The man charged with murder popped a valium to calm his nerves
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Pop

Cause to burst with a lound, explosive sound;
The child popped the balloon
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Pop

Burst open with a sharp, explosive sound;
The balloon popped
This popcorn pops quickly in the microwave oven
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Pop

(of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people)
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Pop

Like a pop or with a pop;
Everything went pop
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Music typically produced and marketed for mass commercial appeal.
He produces pop music that's geared towards the youth market.
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Repeatedly Asked Queries

What are typical instruments in Rock?

Electric guitars, drums, and bass.
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What defines Rock music?

Strong rhythm, guitar-based sound, and often rebellious themes.
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What is the historical origin of Rock?

It originated in the 1950s, evolving from blues, R&B, and country music.
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How do Rock lyrics typically differ from Pop?

Rock often explores a wider range of themes, including social issues, compared to Pop’s focus on personal and romantic themes.
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What characterizes Pop music?

Catchy melodies, broad appeal, and focus on vocals.
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What instruments are common in Pop?

Synthesizers, electronic beats, and sometimes traditional band instruments.
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Are Rock and Pop mutually exclusive?

No, there can be overlap and fusion of the two genres.
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Can you name some famous Pop artists?

Madonna, Michael Jackson, and Taylor Swift are examples.
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Is Rock music still popular today?

Yes, it has a dedicated fan base and continues to influence new artists.
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How did Pop music originate?

Pop also started in the mid-20th century, evolving from a mix of various musical styles.
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Can Rock be part of Pop?

Yes, some Rock songs become popular and crossover into the Pop genre.
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Is Pop music always upbeat and happy?

Not necessarily, Pop songs can cover a range of emotions, but they typically have a catchy and approachable sound.
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Who are some iconic Rock artists?

The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and The Rolling Stones, to name a few.
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Can an artist be both a Rock and Pop musician?

Yes, many artists successfully blend elements of both genres.
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How has Pop music evolved over the years?

It constantly adapts, incorporating elements from various contemporary styles.
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What are some subgenres of Rock?

Punk, metal, indie, and alternative, among others.
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Do Rock and Pop target different audiences?

Generally, yes. Rock often appeals to a more niche, dedicated audience, while Pop targets a broader, mainstream audience.
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Does Pop music have subgenres?

Pop is more fluid and often blends with other genres rather than forming distinct subgenres.
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How important are lyrics in Rock compared to Pop?

Lyrics are often more central and complex in Rock than in Pop, where the melody and beat might take precedence.
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Is live performance more crucial in Rock than in Pop?

Typically, yes. Live performance and instrumental skill are often more emphasized in Rock.
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