Popular song redirects here. For other uses, see Popular Song (disambiguation). Popular music is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. These forms and styles can be enjoyed and performed by people with little or no musical training. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional or folk music.
The suade part that both words share has origins in the Latin root suadÄre, meaning âto urge.â In the case of persuade, the prefix per- means âthoroughly,â intensifying âto urgeâ and giving persuade its meaning of âto convince.â Think of dissuade as the opposite of persuade: the prefix dis- reverses the action of the root, giving the meaning of not ...
'Opposite' or 'opposite to' suggests that two people or things are situated face to face, with an implication that they are on different sides of something. Examples: 'My hous â¦ e is opposite yours.' (Different sides of the road.) 'She sat opposite the policeman.' (Different sides of a table.) 'The settee is opposite the mirror. (Different walls of the room.) 'In front of' suggests that one person or thing is situated close to another person or thing, but nearer to a given point than that other thing is.