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Jazz is a collective word for a whole range of 20th century styles, principally of black American creation which includes jazz related genres like blues or ragtime.

Ragtime however is a composed instrumental genre, primarily for piano and principally created by black Americans, that combines syncopated melodies with the forms of the march; the syncopated style of this genre.

So in short the difference between ragtime and jazz is:

Ragtime is a type of Jazz genre, while Jazz is a collective term for a wide range of genres.

It like asking what is the difference between a fruit and an apple. Jazz being fruit and ragtime, apple.

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