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Choir vs Chorea - What's the difference?

choir | chorea |

As nouns the difference between choir and chorea

is that choir is singing group; group of people who sing together; company of people who are trained to sing together while chorea is an Ancient Greek circular dance accompanied by a chorus.

choir

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (archaic)

Noun

(wikipedia choir) (en noun)
  • Singing group; group of people who sing together; company of people who are trained to sing together.
  • * , chapter=5
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.}}
  • The part of a church where the choir assembles for song.
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  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Here, in the transept and choir , where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.}}
  • (Christian angelology) One of the nine ranks or orders of angels.
  • Derived terms

    * chorister * Nikon choir

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    chorea

    English

    Noun

  • An (l) (l) (l) accompanied by a (l).
  • (medicine) Any of the various (l) of the (l) characterized by (l) (l) movements of the face and extremities; St. Vitus's dance.
  • Derived terms

    * Huntington's chorea * Sydenham's chorea

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