Difference between punk and goth
Definitions
noun
- rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock
- a teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture
- an aggressive and violent young criminal
- substance that smolders when ignited; used to light fuses (especially fireworks)
- material for starting a fire
adjective
- of very poor quality; flimsy
Examples
Those brought up in the punk rock era will have a twinge of nostalgia for the days when it was a badge of honour to be gobbed on by your idols.
Of course the 'nester' or 'punkin roller,' as we contemptuously called the small farmer, began sifting in here and there in spite of our guns, but he was only a mosquito bite in comparison with the trouble which our cow-punchers stirred up.
Since the late '70s, and the fashion upheaval wrought by punk rock, people have been spearing the little metal pins through their ears or leather jackets.
Definitions
noun
- a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
- one of the Teutonic people who invaded the Roman Empire in the 3rd to 5th centuries
Examples
Witches, goblins, ghosts, ghouls and some gothic mums and dads were among an estimated 9,000 crowd that turned out for what is believed to be the country's largest Halloween party.
The figures of his angels are elongated, with wings stretched upward as if they were sculpted by the Gothic masters.
Secular remains of Gothic architecture in Czechoslovakia are fewer.
