Cornet vs. Flugelhorn

Cornetnoun

A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.

Cornetnoun

A piece of paper twisted to be used as a container.

Cornetnoun

A pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream, hence an ice cream cone.

Cornetnoun

(obsolete) A troop of cavalry; so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.

Cornetnoun

A kind of organ stop.

Cornetnoun

The white headdress worn by the Sisters of Charity.

Cornetnoun

(obsolete) The standard flown by a cavalry troop.

Cornetnoun

(historical) The fifth commissioned officer in a cavalry troop, who carried the colours (equivalent to the ensign in infantry).

Cornetnoun

An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger. Zinken), of the oboe family.

Cornetnoun

A cap of paper twisted at the end, used by retailers to inclose small wares.

Cornetnoun

A troop of cavalry; - so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.

Cornetnoun

A headdress

Cornetnoun

See Coronet, 2.

Cornetnoun

a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves

Cornetnoun

a brass instrument resembling a trumpet but shorter and wider.

Cornetnoun

a compound organ stop with a powerful treble sound.

Cornetnoun

a cone-shaped wafer filled with ice cream.

Cornetnoun

the fifth grade of commissioned officer in a cavalry troop, who carried the colours. It is still used in some British cavalry regiments for officers of the rank of second lieutenant.

Cornet

The cornet (, US: ) is a brass instrument similar to the trumpet but distinguished from it by its conical bore, more compact shape, and mellower tone quality. The most common cornet is a transposing instrument in B♭, though there is also a soprano cornet in E♭ and cornets in A and C. All are unrelated to the Renaissance and early Baroque cornett.

Flugelhornnoun

A brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider, conical bore, and usually with three valves, in the same B-flat pitch as many trumpets and cornets but with a more deeply conical mouthpiece than those. A bugle with valves.

Flugelhornnoun

a brass wind instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore, and having three valves.

Flugelhornnoun

a brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore

Flugelhorn

The flugelhorn (), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B♭ (some are in C).