The difference between Hip and Hip-hop

When used as nouns, hip means the outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue, whereas hip-hop means an afro-american urban youth culture based on rap music, breakdancing etc.


Hip is also verb with the meaning: to use one's hips to bump into someone.

Hip is also adjective with the meaning: aware, informed, up-to-date, trendy.

check bellow for the other definitions of Hip and Hip-hop

  1. Hip as a noun (anatomy):

    The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.

  2. Hip as a noun:

    The inclined external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.

  3. Hip as a noun:

    In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.

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  4. Hip as a noun (slang, possibly, dated):

    A drug addict, especially someone addicted to a narcotic like heroin.

  1. Hip as a verb (chiefly, sports):

    To use one's hips to bump into someone.

  2. Hip as a verb:

    To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip in wrestling (technically called cross buttock).

  3. Hip as a verb:

    To dislocate or sprain the hip of, to fracture or injure the hip bone of (a quadruped) in such a manner as to produce a permanent depression of that side.

  4. Hip as a verb:

    To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.

  1. Hip as a noun:

    The fruit of a rose.

  1. Hip as an adjective (slang):

    Aware, informed, up-to-date, trendy.

  1. Hip as a verb (transitive, slang):

    To inform, to make knowledgeable.

  1. Hip-hop as a noun:

    An Afro-American urban youth culture based on rap music, breakdancing etc.

  2. Hip-hop as a noun (music):

    A form of popular and dance music featuring strong percussion and a powerful rhythm, usually accompanied by rapping.

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