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Cello vs Pineapple - What's the difference?

cello | pineapple |

As nouns the difference between cello and pineapple

is that cello is a large stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings. (From lowest to highest C-G-D-A while pineapple is a tropical plant, Ananas comosus, native to South America, having thirty or more long, spined and pointed leaves surrounding a thick stem.

cello

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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    pineapple

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A tropical plant, Ananas comosus , native to South America, having thirty or more long, spined and pointed leaves surrounding a thick stem.
  • The ovoid fruit of the pineapple plant, which has very sweet white or yellow flesh, a tough, spiky shell and a tough, fibrous core.
  • (slang) A hand grenade.
  • (slang) An Australian fifty dollar note.
  • A hairstyle consisting of a ponytail worn on top of the head, imitating the leaves of a pineapple.
  • Synonyms

    * (plant) ananas, pineapple plant * (fruit) ananas * (hand grenade) grenade, hand grenade

    Derived terms

    * crazy pineapple * pineapple bomb * pineapple bun * pineapple chunks * pineapple cloth * Pineapple Express * pineapple fiber, pineapple fibre * pineapple flower * pineapple grenade * pineapple guava * Pineapple Island * pineapple jelly * pineapple juice * pineapple kernel * pineapple mint * pineapple nut * pineapple plant * pineapple potato * (Pineapple Primary) * pineapple rum * pineapple sage * pineapple seed * pineapple shawl * pineapple strawberry * pineapple test * pineapple tree * pineapple verbena * pineapple weed * pineapple wine * twisted pineapple