The difference between Cello and Scroll

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 scroll means a roll of paper or parchment.

Scroll is also verb with the meaning: to change one's view of data on a computer's display, typically using a scroll bar or a scroll wheel to move in gradual increments.

check bellow for the other definitions of Cello and Scroll

  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. Scroll as a noun:

    A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll.

  2. Scroll as a noun (architecture):

    An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern.

  3. Scroll as a noun:

    A mark or flourish added to a person's signature, intended to represent a seal, and in some States allowed as a substitute for a seal. [U.S.] Alexander Mansfield Burrill.

  4. Scroll as a noun (lutherie):

    The carved end of a violin, viola, cello or other stringed instrument, most commonly scroll-shaped but occasionally in the form of a human or animal head.

  5. Scroll as a noun (geometry):

    a skew surface.

  6. Scroll as a noun (cooking):

    A kind of sweet roll baked in a somewhat spiral shape.

    Examples:

    "I ordered a glass of lemonade and a coffee scroll."

  7. Scroll as a noun (computer graphics):

    The incremental movement of graphics on a screen, removing one portion to show the next.

  1. Scroll as a verb (computing, transitive):

    To change one's view of data on a computer's display, typically using a scroll bar or a scroll wheel to move in gradual increments.

    Examples:

    "She scrolled the offending image out of view."

  2. Scroll as a verb (intransitive):

    To move in or out of view horizontally or vertically.

    Examples:

    "The rising credits slowly scrolled off the screen."

  3. Scroll as a verb (internet, intransitive):

    To flood a chat system with numerous lines of text, causing legitimate messages to scroll out of view before they can be read.

    Examples:

    "Hey, stop scrolling!"

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