Viola vs. Violin

Violanoun

(music) A stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone.

Violanoun

(music) An organ stop having a similar tone.

Violanoun

(music) A 10-string steel-string acoustic guitar, used in Brazilian folk music.

Violanoun

(music) A berimbau viola, the smallest member of the berimbau used in capoeira music.

Violanoun

Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Viola, including the violets and pansies.

Violanoun

A genus of polypetalous herbaceous plants, including all kinds of violets.

Violanoun

An instrument in form and use resembling the violin, but larger, and a fifth lower in compass.

Violanoun

any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola

Violanoun

large genus of flowering herbs of temperate regions

Violanoun

a bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower

Viola

The viola ( vee-OH-lə, also UK: vy-OH-lə, Italian: [ˈvjɔːla, viˈɔːla]) is a string instrument that is bowed, plucked, or played with varying techniques. It is slightly larger than a violin and has a lower and deeper sound.

Violinnoun

(musical instrument) A musical four-string instrument, generally played with a bow or by plucking the string, with the pitch set by pressing the strings at the appropriate place with the fingers; also any instrument of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violin_family violin family].

Violinnoun

(music) A violinist.

Violinverb

(ambitransitive) To play on, or as if on, a violin.

Violinnoun

A small instrument with four strings, played with a bow; a fiddle.

Violinnoun

bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow

Violin

The violin, sometimes known as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body.