a cappella vs fusion

a cappella

adj
  • Singing solely or mainly without instrumental accompaniment. 

  • Related to a form of purely vocal music mostly associated with American college performance groups. 

noun
  • A vocal performance with no instrumental accompaniment. 

adv
  • In a manner of a choir with no instrumental accompaniment; literally, "in the style of the (Sistine) Chapel (in Rome)", such as a musical Mass done a cappella. 

fusion

noun
  • The act of melting or liquefying something by heating it. 

  • The result of the hybridation of two genes which originally coded for separate proteins. 

  • The act of two characters merging into one, typically more powerful, being; or the merged being itself. 

  • The process by which two distinct lipid bilayers merge their hydrophobic core, resulting in one interconnected structure. 

  • A style of music that blends disparate genres; especially different types of jazz and reggae. 

  • A style of cooking that combines ingredients and techniques from different countries or cultures 

  • A nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the concomitant release of energy. 

verb
  • to combine; to fuse 

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