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Concertino vs Concertina - What's the difference?

concertino | concertina |

As nouns the difference between concertino and concertina

is that concertino is a short concerto while concertina is a musical instrument, like the various accordions, that is a member of the free-reed family of musical instruments, typically having buttons on both ends.

As a verb concertina is

to become compressed into a shape reminiscent of a concertina.

concertino

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (music) a short concerto.
  • (music) the group of solo instruments in a concerto grosso.
  • (music) a section in a concerto grosso played by three instruments.

    • Anagrams

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    concertina

    English

    (wikipedia concertina)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (musical instruments) A musical instrument, like the various accordions, that is a member of the free-reed family of musical instruments, typically having buttons on both ends.
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  • Something resembling a concertina, such as a folded book, a bus door or a set of picture frames that are folded together.
  • Coiled barbed wire for use as an obstacle.Webster's New Dictionary And Thesaurus, Geddes & Grosset Ltd., New Lanark, Scotland 1990
  • A type of booklet label, consisting of up to 32 pages of booklet as an insert.

    • Derived terms

    * concertinist * concertina book * concertina frame

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to become compressed into a shape reminiscent of a concertina
    • The car concertinaed into the wall.
  • *2012 , Amy Schoeman, , page ii
  • *:Millions of years ago the mica schists surrounding the old Brandberg West Mine became folded and concertinaed by enormous horizontal pressures.
  • to be drawn closer and farther apart repeatedly, or up and down, as if situated on a working concertina's folds
  • *2007 , David W Cameron, 25 April 1915: The Day the Anzac Legend Was Born , page 36
  • *:This resulted in some fragmentation of the line as the boats in some cases closed to just 50 metres as they concertinaed in and out of sight of each other.

    • See also

    * accordion * bandoneon

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