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Jello vs Cello - What's the difference?

jello | cello |

As a verb jello

is to work, be occupied with.

As a noun cello is

cello.

jello

English

Alternative forms

* Jell-O * Jello

Noun

(-)
  • A dessert made by boiling gelatin in water
  • * 1940 , , 2004 Houghton Mifflin ed., ISBN 0618526412, page 306,
    • The jello was gone in five minutes and the cigarette smoked.
  • * 2002 , Rich Zubaty, Your Brain Is Not Your Own , ISBN 1589391306, page 159,
    • Distribution of cherry jello was stepped up to college campus towns across America.
  • * 2006 , Xana, Harvest Moon , AuthorHouse, ISBN 142593000X, page 178,
    • She didn't want to eat anything heavy and decided that jello had zero fat content.

    Synonyms

    * jelly English genericized trademarks

    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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