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Consort vs Orchestra - What's the difference?

consort | orchestra |

As nouns the difference between consort and orchestra

is that consort is the spouse of a monarch while orchestra is a large group of musicians who play together on various instruments, usually including some from strings, woodwind, brass and/or percussion; the instruments played by such a group.

As a verb consort

is to associate or keep company.

As a proper noun Consort

is a village in Alberta, Canada.

consort

English

Noun

  • The spouse of a monarch.
  • A husband, wife, companion or partner.
  • * Dryden
    • He single chose to live, and shunned to wed, / Well pleased to want a consort of his bed.
  • * Thackeray
    • The consort of the queen has passed from this troubled sphere.
  • * Darwin
    • the snow-white gander, invariably accompanied by his darker consort
  • A ship accompanying another.
  • (uncountable) Association or partnership.
  • * Atterbury
    • Take it singly, and it carries an air of levity; but, in consort with the rest, has a meaning quite different.
  • A group or company, especially of musicians playing the same type of instrument.
  • * Spenser
    • In one consort there sat / Cruel revenge and rancorous despite, / Disloyal treason, and heart-burning hate.
  • * Herbert
    • Lord, place me in thy consort .
  • (obsolete) Harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments.
  • * Spenser
    • To make a sad consort , / Come, let us join our mournful song with theirs.
    (Milton)

    Synonyms

    * companion, escort * (sense) association, partnership * (group of musicians) band, group

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To associate or keep company.
  • * 1961 , J. A. Philip, "Mimesis in the Sophistês'' of Plato," ''Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association , vol. 92, p. 457,
    • Being itself inferior and consorting with an inferior faculty it begets inferior offspring.
  • To be in agreement.
  • To associate or unite in company with.
  • * Dryden
    • Which of the Grecian chiefs consorts with thee?

    Synonyms

    * (associate or keep company) hang out (slang) * (be in agreement) agree, concur * (associate or unite in company with) associate, hang out (slang)

    Anagrams

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    orchestra

    English

    (wikipedia orchestra)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (music) A large group of musicians who play together on various instruments, usually including some from strings, woodwind, brass and/or percussion; the instruments played by such a group.
  • A semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in Ancient Greek and Hellenistic theatres.
  • The area in a theatre or concert hall where the musicians sit, immediately in front of and below the stage, sometimes (also) used by other performers.

    • Derived terms

    * orchestral * (orchestra types ) chamber orchestra, orchestra in residence, philharmonic orchestra, string orchestra, symphony orchestra

    Derived terms

    * orchestrate, orchestration * orchestrina, orchestrion

    Usage notes

    * In British English, "The orchestra are'' tuning up" is often used, implying the individual members. In the US, one would almost always hear "The orchestra ''is tuning up", implying a collective.

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