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Guitar vs Amplify - What's the difference?

guitar | amplify |

As verbs the difference between guitar and amplify

is that guitar is to play the guitar while amplify is to render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like;—used especially of loudspeakers, telescopes, microscopes, etc.

As a noun guitar

is a stringed musical instrument, usually with fretted fingerboard and 6 strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).

guitar

English

(wikipedia guitar)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A stringed musical instrument, usually with fretted fingerboard and 6 strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).
  • Synonyms

    * axe (slang) * gat (New Zealand slang)

    Derived terms

    * acoustic guitar * air guitar * bass guitar * electric guitar * guitarist * guitarfish * harpguitar * lead guitar * moon guitar * rhythm guitar

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (rare) To play the guitar.
  • See also

    * banjo * bass * mandolin * sitar * ukulele ----

    amplify

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like;—used especially of loudspeakers, telescopes, microscopes, etc.
  • (rhetorical) To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of.
  • * Dryden
  • Troilus and Cressida was written by a Lombard author, but much amplified by our English translator.
  • To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current.