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Weird West (or Weird Western) is a genre of fiction that uses the Wild West period of American History as a foundation and then adds fantasy/supernatural elements to it. So stories where gunslingers encounter zombies, vampires, demons, robots, or any other creatures that wouldn't otherwise be present in a standard Western.
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In my opinion steampunk is 100% fantasy. It is all form, no function, purely aesthetic.
The technology aspect could possibly be considered science fiction, but I'd argue that steampunk tech is about style, not function, so should be considered fantasy.
Wikipedia goes both ways, calling it sci Fi and fantasy, so perhaps it can be both.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_steampunk_works
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk
Science fantasy is also a genre. I would usually say it's acience fiction though. Star Wars is more form than function that most steampunk, but people (usually) don't debate that. It's just soft sci-fi.