Though the dictionary might not make the distinction, rock and roll is a subset of rock distinguished by an extra ingredient: an upjut of energy, a defiant attitude, a backbeat.
In 1997, Neil Strauss of The New York Times defined alternative rock as "hard-edged rock distinguished by brittle, '70s-inspired guitar riffing and singers agonizing over their problems until they take on epic proportions".
Dokken, an L.A. band with an album in the national Top 20, opened the concert with a set of melodic, but anonymous hard rock distinguished only by guitarist George Lynch's remarkably symphonic, if soulless playing.
This updated Colonial Craftsman in Eagle Rock is distinguished by its symmetrical facade, clipped-gable roofline and columns flanking the front entry.
Active margin coastlines are distinguished by rock erosion that acts in two different directions: waves erode the coast horizontally or landwards, a process that creates sea cliffs; and rivers and streams erode the landscape vertically via channel incision.
A rock composed of angular fragments of older rocks; distinguished from a conglomerate in that the component rocks are not rounded and worn.
Yemelianenko and Monson were of a rough equivalence: heads shaved, two enormous sacks of rocks, though the Russian was distinguished by his unstained skin; Monson had tattoos from ankle to neck, including two in crowd-friendly Cyrillic — svoboda and solidarnost'.
At the time, some 16,000 residents lived in Matera's sassi, districts distinguished by their ancient, rock-cut dwellings, some of which were accessible only by a trapdoor and ladder.
By Sasha Frere-Jones In the well-worn form of guitar rock, the four women in Savages are distinguished by their constant attention to craft.
Looking east, across the Hudson River, the Jersey shore recedes into tiny patches such as "Kansas" and "Nebraska", distinguished by stray outcrops of rock.
For example, regions associated with subduction of oceanic material beneath either oceanic or continental crust are characterized by blueschist, greenschist, and eclogite facies rocks, whereas areas thought to reflect continent-continent collision are more typically distinguished by greenschist and amphibolite facies rocks.
