The difference between Double bass and Violin

When used as nouns, double bass means the largest stringed instrument of the violin family, whereas violin means 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.


Violin is also verb with the meaning: to play on, or as if on, a violin.

check bellow for the other definitions of Double bass and Violin

  1. Double bass as a noun (music):

    The largest stringed instrument of the violin family.

  2. Double bass as a noun:

    The deepest of all male voices.

    Examples:

    "Voice of a double bass, or simply, a double bass."

  1. Violin as a noun (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].

  2. Violin as a noun (music):

    A violinist.

    Examples:

    "The first violin often plays the lead melody lines in a string quartet."

  1. Violin as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To play on, or as if on, a violin.

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