The difference between Brass and Trumpet

When used as nouns, brass means a metallic alloy of copper and zinc used in many industrial and plumbing applications. a memorial or sepulchral tablet usually made of brass or latten fittings, utensils, or other items made of brass, whereas trumpet means a musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of b-flat.

When used as verbs, brass means to coat with brass, whereas trumpet means to sound loudly, be amplified.

Brass is also adjective with the meaning: made of brass, of or pertaining to brass.

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  1. Brass as a noun (uncountable):

    A metallic alloy of copper and zinc used in many industrial and plumbing applications. A memorial or sepulchral tablet usually made of brass or latten Fittings, utensils, or other items made of brass

  2. Brass as a noun (countable, music):

    A class of wind instruments, usually made of metal (such as brass), that use vibrations of the player's lips to produce sound.

  3. Brass as a noun:

    Spent shell casings (usually made of brass); the part of the cartridge left over after bullets have been fired.

  4. Brass as a noun (uncountable):

    The colour of brass.

    Examples:

    "color paneC9AE5D"

  5. Brass as a noun (uncountable, used as a singular or plural noun, military, metonym):

    High-ranking officers.

    Examples:

    "The brass are not going to like this."

    "The brass is not going to like this."

  6. Brass as a noun (uncountable, informal):

    A brave or foolhardy attitude; impudence.

    Examples:

    "You've got a lot of brass telling me to do that!"

  7. Brass as a noun (slang, dated):

    Money.

  8. Brass as a noun:

    Inferior composition.

  1. Brass as an adjective:

    Made of brass, of or pertaining to brass.

  2. Brass as an adjective:

    Of the colour of brass.

  3. Brass as an adjective (informal):

    Impertinent, bold: brazen.

  4. Brass as an adjective (slang):

    Bad, annoying; as wordplay applied especially to brass instruments.

  5. Brass as an adjective:

    Of inferior composition.

  1. Brass as a verb:

    to coat with brass

  1. Brass as a noun (uncountable, slang):

    Brass in pocket; money.

  2. Brass as a noun (countable, slang):

    A brass nail; a prostitute.

  1. Brass as an adjective (slang):

    Brass monkey; cold.

  1. Trumpet as a noun (musical instrument):

    A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat; by extension, any type of lip-vibrated aerophone, most often valveless and not chromatic.

    Examples:

    "The royal herald sounded a trumpet to announce their arrival."

  2. Trumpet as a noun:

    In an orchestra or other musical group, a musician who plays the trumpet.

    Examples:

    "The trumpets were assigned to stand at the rear of the orchestra pit."

  3. Trumpet as a noun:

    The cry of an elephant, or any similar loud cry.

    Examples:

    "The large bull gave a basso trumpet as he charged the hunters."

  4. Trumpet as a noun (figurative):

    One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the instrument of propagating it.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

  5. Trumpet as a noun:

    A funnel, or short flaring pipe, used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine.

  6. Trumpet as a noun:

    A kind of traffic interchange involving at least one loop ramp connecting traffic either entering or leaving the terminating expressway with the far lanes of the continuous highway.

  7. Trumpet as a noun:

    A powerful reed stop in organs, having a trumpet-like sound.

  1. Trumpet as a verb (intransitive):

    To sound loudly, be amplified

    Examples:

    "The music trumpeted from the speakers, hurting my ears."

  2. Trumpet as a verb (intransitive):

    To play the trumpet.

    Examples:

    "Cedric made a living trumpeting for the change of passersby in the subway."

  3. Trumpet as a verb (ambitransitive):

    Of an elephant, to make its cry.

    Examples:

    "The circus trainer cracked the whip, signaling the elephant to trumpet."

  4. Trumpet as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To give a loud cry like that of an elephant.

  5. Trumpet as a verb (transitive):

    To proclaim loudly; to promote enthusiastically

    Examples:

    "Andy trumpeted Jane's secret across the school, much to her embarrassment."

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