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Harp vs Harplike - What's the difference?

harp | harplike |

As a proper noun harp

is for a player of the harp.

As an adjective harplike is

resembling a harp or the sound of harp music.

harp

English

(wikipedia harp)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A musical instrument consisting of an upright frame strung with strings that are stroked or plucked with the fingers.
  • (label) A harmonica.
  • (label) A grain sieve.

    • Derived terms

    * harpist

    See also

    * lyre

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To repeatedly mention a subject.
    • (US)
    (UK)
  • (label) To play on (a harp or similar instrument)
  • (label) To play (a tune) on the harp.
  • (label) To develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon.
    • — Shakespeare.

    Synonyms

    * about *

    Anagrams

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    harplike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling a harp or the sound of harp music
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 15, author=Ben Ratliff, title=Alice Coltrane, Jazz Artist and Spiritual Leader, Dies at 69, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=And at first she made music closely related to his, often reflective, minor and modal; on piano or harp she played flowing, harplike phrases over a deep midtempo swing, and she worked with the bassist Jimmy Garrison and the drummer Rashied Ali from John Coltrane’s band. }}