As nouns the difference between acoustic and auricle
is that acoustic is (medicine) a medicine or other agent to assist hearing while auricle is (anatomy) the outer ear or pinna.
As an adjective acoustic
is pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds; auditory.
acoustic
English
Alternative forms
* acoustick (obsolete)
Adjective
(-)
Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds; auditory.
(music) Naturally producing or produced by an instrument without electrical amplification, as an acoustic guitar or acoustic piano.
Derived terms
* acoustically
Derived terms
* acoustics: the science of sound
* acoustic duct: the auditory duct, or external passage of the ear.
* acoustic guitar
* acoustic telegraph: a telegraph making audible signals; a telephone, notably used on ships
* acoustic vessels: brazen tubes or vessels, shaped like a bell, used in ancient theaters to propel the voices of the actors, so as to render them audible to a great distance.
Noun
(
en noun)
(medicine) A medicine or other agent to assist hearing.
auricle
Noun
(
en noun)
(anatomy) The outer ear or pinna.
(anatomy) An ear-shaped appendage of the left or right atrium of the heart.
(anatomy) An atrium, the smaller of the two types of chamber in the heart.
(botany) Any appendage in the shape of an earlobe.
Synonyms
* (outer ear) pinna, pavilion
Derived terms
* auricled
Related terms
* auricular
