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

  1. 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.

  2. Viola as a noun (music):

    An organ stop having a similar tone.

  3. Viola as a noun (music):

    A 10-string steel-string acoustic guitar, used in Brazilian folk music.

  1. Viola as a noun:

    Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Viola, including the violets and pansies.

  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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