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Alap vs Alar - What's the difference?

alap | alar |

As nouns the difference between alap and alar

is that alap is {{cx|music|lang=en}} The opening, improvised section of a Classical raga performance, before the formal recitation while alar is a growth-regulating chemical sprayed on fruit trees; entire crop can be harvested at one time; daminozide.

As an adjective alar is

of or relating to the armpit; axillary.

alap

English

(wikipedia alap)

Alternative forms

*alaap *alapa

Noun

(en noun)
  • The opening, improvised section of a Classical raga performance, before the formal recitation.
  • *1997 , (Kiran Nagarkar), Cuckold , HarperCollins 2013, p. 176:
  • *:The alaap is the part of our classical music that I like best. It is an inward voyage, an odyssey into the unknown.
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    alar

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (anatomy) of or relating to the armpit; axillary.
  • Having, resembling, or composed of wings or alae.

    • Derived terms

    * alar canal * alar chest * alar ligaments * alar foramen * greater alar cartilage * lesser alar cartilage

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A growth-regulating chemical sprayed on fruit trees; entire crop can be harvested at one time; daminozide.

    • Anagrams

    * ----