The difference between Viola and Violin
When used as nouns, viola means a stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone, 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 Viola and Violin
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Viola as a noun (music):
A stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone.
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Viola as a noun (music):
An organ stop having a similar tone.
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Viola as a noun (music):
A 10-string steel-string acoustic guitar, used in Brazilian folk music.
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Viola as a noun:
Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Viola, including the violets and pansies.
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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].
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Violin as a noun (music):
A violinist.
Examples:
"The first violin often plays the lead melody lines in a string quartet."
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Violin as a verb (ambitransitive):
To play on, or as if on, a violin.