Clef vs Cleft - What's the difference?
clef | cleft |
A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches indicated by the lines on the staff
An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.
A piece made by splitting.
A disease of horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.
(Webster 1913)
(cleave)
As nouns the difference between clef and cleft
is that clef is a symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches indicated by the lines on the staff while cleft is an opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.As a verb cleft is
past tense of cleave.clef
English
(wikipedia clef)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* alto clef * bass clef * C clef * F clef * G clef * tenor clef * treble clefcleft
English
Noun
(en noun)- a cleft of wood