Choir vs Coral - What's the difference?
choir | coral |
Singing group; group of people who sing together; company of people who are trained to sing together.
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, title= The part of a church where the choir assembles for song.
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, title= (Christian angelology) One of the nine ranks or orders of angels.
(uncountable) A hard substance made of the limestone skeletons of marine polyps.
(countable) A colony of marine polyps.
(countable) A somewhat yellowish pink colour, the colour of red coral.
The ovaries of a cooked lobster; so called from their colour.
(historical) A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything.
Made of coral.
Having the yellowish pink colour of coral.
As an adverb choir
is nearly, almost.As a noun choir
is .As an adjective choir
is .As a proper noun coral is
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* (l) (archaic)Noun
(wikipedia choir) (en noun)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 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.}}