Fado vs. Dado — What's the Difference?

Fado (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈfaðu]; "destiny, fate") is a music genre that can be traced to the 1820s in Lisbon, Portugal, but probably has much earlier origins. Fado historian and scholar Rui Vieira Nery states that "the only reliable information on the history of fado was orally transmitted and goes back to the 1820s and 1830s at best.

(Architecture) The section of a pedestal between base and cornice.

A sad Portuguese folk song.

The lower portion of the wall of a room that is decorated differently from the upper section, as with panels.

A Portuguese folk song, usually featuring a single vocalist, Portuguese guitar and sometimes classical guitar. Lyrical themes are often melancholic in nature; the structure of the song is of greater importance.

A rectangular groove cut into a board so that a like piece may be fitted into it.

A sad Portuguese folksong

The groove so cut.

To furnish with a dado.

To cut a dado in.

To fit into a dado.

(architecture) The section of a pedestal above the base.

(architecture) The lower portion of an interior wall decorated differently from the upper portion.

(carpentry) The rectangular channel in a board cut across the grain.

To furnish with a dado.

To cut a dado.

That part of a pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See Illust. of Column.

Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest

The section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase

A rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it

Provide with a dado;

Cut a dado into or fit into a dado