The difference between Cello and Neck

When used as nouns, cello means a large stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings, tuned from lowest to highest c-g-d-a, and played with a bow, also possessing an endpin to support the instrument's weight, whereas neck means the part of body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.

Neck is also verb with the meaning: to hang by the neck.

check bellow for the other definitions of Cello and Neck

  1. Cello as a noun (musical instruments):

    A large stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings, tuned from lowest to highest C-G-D-A, and played with a bow, also possessing an endpin to support the instrument's weight.

  1. Cello as a noun:

    cellophane

  1. Neck as a noun (anatomy):

    The part of body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.

  2. Neck as a noun:

    The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.

  3. Neck as a noun:

    The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.

  4. Neck as a noun:

    The tapered part of a bottle toward the opening.

  5. Neck as a noun (botany):

    The slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium, through which the sperm swim to reach the egg.

  6. Neck as a noun (music):

    The extension of any stringed instrument on which a fingerboard is mounted

  7. Neck as a noun:

    A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.

  8. Neck as a noun (engineering):

    A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it.

    Examples:

    "a neck forming the journal of a shaft"

  9. Neck as a noun:

    The constriction between the root and crown of a tooth.

  10. Neck as a noun (architecture):

    The gorgerin of a capital.

  11. Neck as a noun (firearms):

    The small part of a gun between the chase and the swell of the muzzle.

  12. Neck as a noun (informal, MLE, slang):

    A falsehood; a lie.

  1. Neck as a verb:

    To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate

    Examples:

    "Go neck yourself."

  2. Neck as a verb (chiefly, US):

    To make love; to intently kiss or cuddle; to canoodle.

    Examples:

    "Alan and Betty were necking in the back of a car when Betty's dad caught them."

  3. Neck as a verb:

    To drink rapidly.

  4. Neck as a verb:

    To decrease in diameter.

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