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Banjo vs Cello - What's the difference?

banjo | cello |

As nouns the difference between banjo and cello

is that banjo is banjo while cello is cello.

banjo

English

(wikipedia banjo)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (musical instruments) A stringed musical instrument with a round body and fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings.
    • I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee ...
  • (slang) An object shaped like a banjo, especially a frying pan or a shovel.

    • Derived terms

    * banjoist * banjo enclosure * banjo eyes, banjo-eyes, banjo-eyed

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To play the banjo
  • (slang, British) To beat; to knock down
  • * 1989 , Susan S. M. Edwards, Policing 'domestic' Violence: Women, the Law and the State , page 95
    • Admitting the assault, the husband said that he had given her a 'banjoing ' but that she had asked for it.
  • * 1998 , "Fergie's world just gets Madar."(Sport), Sunday Mail m Jan 4, 1998
    • Madar was turfed out on a final misdemeanour of banjoing one of his teammates in training before a big game
  • * 2007 , "Return of Smeato, the extraordinary hero", Times Online , Jul 31, 2007
    • "Me and other folk were just trying to get the boot in and some other guy banjoed [decked] him”.
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    cello

    English

    (wikipedia cello) (commons)

    Etymology 1

    Shortening of violoncello.

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (musical instruments) A large stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings. (From lowest to highest C-G-D-A)
    • Synonyms
    * violoncello
    Meronyms
    * back * bout ** upper bout ** c-bout ** lower bout * bridge * endpin, spike, tail spike ** endpin stopper * f-hole, sound hole * fine tuner * fingerboard * neck * purfling, edgework * rib ** upper rib ** c-rib ** lower rib * saddle * scroll ** peg ** pegbox ** nut * shoulder * sound post * string * tailgut * tailpiece * top, front, belly, table * waist
    Derived terms
    * cellist

    Etymology 2

    Shortening of cellophane.

    Noun

    (-)
  • cellophane
  • * 2011 , Ava Carroll-Brown, Where Is Your Mother?
    • Chocolates arranged in a candy dish or basket, antique or purchased in accordance to(SIC) the personal taste of the host/hostess, wrapped with cello wrap and tied with a lovely ribbon—decadent!
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