Bass vs Cell - What's the difference?
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Of sound, a voice or an instrument, low in pitch or frequency.
A low spectrum of sound tones.
A section of musical group that produces low-pitched sound, lower than tenor.
A male singer who sings in the bass range.
An instrument that plays in the bass range, in particular a double bass, bass guitar, electric bass or bass synthesiser.
The clef sign that indicates that the pitch of the notes is below middle C; a bass clef.
To sound in a deep tone.
* 1623 [1610], (William Shakespeare), The Tempest (First Folio ed.), act III, scene iii, lines 99-99
The perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of Perciformes.
The linden or lime tree.
Its bark, used for making mats.
A hassock or thick mat.
A single-room dwelling for a hermit.
* 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.6:
A small room in a monastery or nunnery accommodating one person.
Each of the small hexagonal compartments in a honeycomb.
* 1858 , (Asa Gray), Introduction to Structural and Systematic Botany , fifth edition, p. 282:
(obsolete) Specifically, any of the supposed compartments of the brain, formerly thought to be the source of specific mental capacities, knowledge, or memories.
* 1890 , (Oscar Wilde), The Picture of Dorian Gray , ch.XVI:
A section or compartment of a larger structure.
*, II.12:
* 1810 , (Walter Scott), Lady of the Lake , II:
A room in a prison for one or more inmates.
A device which stores electrical]] power; used either singly or together in [[battery, batteries; the basic unit of a battery.
(biology) The basic unit of a living organism, consisting of a quantity of protoplasm surrounded by a cell membrane, which is able to synthesize proteins and replicate itself.
* 1999 , Paul Brown & Dave King, The Guardian , 15 Feb 1999:
* 2011 , Terence Allen & Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction , Oxford 2011, p. 3:
(meteorology) A small thunderstorm, caused by convection, that forms ahead of a storm front.
(computing) The minimal unit of a cellular automaton that can change state and has an associated behavior.
(card games) In FreeCell-type games, a space where one card can be placed.
A small group of people forming part of a larger organization, often an outlawed one.
(communication) A short, fixed-length packet as in .
(communication) A region of radio reception that is a part of a larger radio network.
(geometry) A three-dimensional facet of a polytope.
(statistics) The unit in a statistical array (a spreadsheet, for example) where a row and a column intersect.
(architecture) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.
(architecture) A cella.
(entomology) An area of an insect wing bounded by veins
As nouns the difference between bass and cell
is that bass is a low spectrum of sound tones while cell is a single-room dwelling for a hermit.As verbs the difference between bass and cell
is that bass is to sound in a deep tone while cell is to place or enclose in a cell.As an adjective bass
is of sound, a voice or an instrument, low in pitch or frequency.As a proper noun Bass
is an English brand of bottled pale ale.bass
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) .Adjective
(en adjective)- The giant spoke in a deep, bass , rumbling voice that shook me to my boots.
Noun
(es)- Peter adjusted the equalizer on his audio equipment to emphasize the bass .
- The conductor preferred to situate the bass in the middle rear, rather than to one side of the orchestra.
- Halfway through middle school, Edgar morphed from a soprano to a bass , much to the amazement and amusement of his fellow choristers.
- The musician swung the bass over his head like an axe and smashed it into the amplifier, creating a discordant howl of noise.
- The score had been written without the treble and bass , but it was easy to pick out which was which based on the location of the notes on the staff.
Synonyms
* (singer) basso * (clef) F clefCoordinate terms
* (voice types) soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, contralto (female); countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass (male)Derived terms
* bass clef * bass drum * bass guitar * bassline * bass music * bass note * booty bass * double bass * electric bass * figured bass * Miami bassVerb
- and the Thunder
(That deepe and dreadfull Organ-Pipe) pronounc'd
The name of Pro?per : it did ba?e my Tre?pa??e
Etymology 2
From (etyl) bas, alteration of bars, from (etyl) .Noun
Derived terms
* black bass * black sea bass * largemouth bass * sea bass * smallmouth bass * spotted bass * striped bass * white bassEtymology 3
A corruption of bast.Noun
(es)See also
* (wikipedia) English heteronyms English invariant nouns English terms with multiple etymologies ----cell
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) , later reinforced by (etyl) cel, (sele), (etyl) cele.Noun
(en noun) (wikipedia cell)- So, taking them apart into his cell , / He to that point fit speaches gan to frame […].
- Gregor Mendel must have spent a good amount of time outside of his cell .
- Each of the two cells or lobes of the anther is marked with a lateral line or furrow, running from top to bottom.
- From cell' to ' cell of his brain crept the one thought; and the wild desire to live, most terrible of all man's appetites, quickened into force each trembling nerve and fibre.
- Thou seest but the order and policie of this little Cell .
- Not long shall honour'd Douglas dwell, / Like hunted stag, in mountain-cell .
- The combatants spent the night in separate cells .
- This MP3 player runs on 2 AAA cells .
- An American company has applied to experiment in Britain on Parkinson's disease sufferers by injecting their brains with cells from pigs.
- In multicellular organisms, groups of cells form tissues and tissues come together to form organs.
- There is a powerful storm cell headed our way.
- The upper right cell always starts with the color green.
- Those three fellows are the local cell of that organization.
- Virtual Channel number 5 received 170 cells .
- I get good reception in my home because it is near a cell tower.
