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Clef vs Cley - What's the difference?

clef | cley |

As nouns the difference between clef and cley

is that clef is a symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches indicated by the lines on the staff while cley is a claw.

clef

English

(wikipedia clef)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches indicated by the lines on the staff

    • Derived terms

    * alto clef * bass clef * C clef * F clef * G clef * tenor clef * treble clef

    Related terms

    * clave

    cley

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A claw.
  • * 1662 , , Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 74:
  • *:"But that more heavy'' Birds are otherwise provided for defence, namely either by ''Spurs'' that grow on their Legs, or by the strength and sharpness of some single cley in their Foot; as I have observed in the ''Cassoware'' or ''Emeu "

    • Derived terms

    * cleystaff