The difference between Cello and Rib

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 rib means any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum.

Rib is also verb with the meaning: to shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs.

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  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. Rib as a noun:

    Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum

  2. Rib as a noun:

    A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something

  3. Rib as a noun:

    A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones

  4. Rib as a noun (nautical):

    Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull

  5. Rib as a noun:

    Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength

  6. Rib as a noun (architecture):

    A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault

  7. Rib as a noun (knitting):

    A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth

  8. Rib as a noun (botany):

    The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf

  9. Rib as a noun:

    A teasing joke

  10. Rib as a noun (Ireland, colloquial):

    A single strand of hair.

  11. Rib as a noun:

    A stalk of celery.

  12. Rib as a noun (archaic, literary, humorous):

    A wife or woman.

  1. Rib as a verb:

    To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs.

  2. Rib as a verb:

    To tease or make fun of someone in a good-natured way.

    Examples:

    "He always gets ribbed for his outrageous shirts."

  3. Rib as a verb:

    To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.

  4. Rib as a verb (transitive):

    To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).

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