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Hautboy vs Fiddle - What's the difference?

hautboy | fiddle |

In music|lang=en terms the difference between hautboy and fiddle

is that hautboy is (music) a reed stop on an organ giving a similar sound while fiddle is (music) to play traditional tunes on a violin in a non-classical style.

As nouns the difference between hautboy and fiddle

is that hautboy is (dated|musical instruments) the oboe while fiddle is (music) any of various bowed string instruments, often used to refer to a violin when played in any of various traditional styles, as opposed to classical violin.

As a verb fiddle is

to play aimlessly.

hautboy

English

Alternative forms

* hautbois

Noun

(en noun)
  • (dated, musical instruments) The oboe.
  • (music) A reed stop on an organ giving a similar sound.
  • A tall-growing strawberry, , having a musky flavour.
  • Anagrams

    *

    fiddle

    English

    (wikipedia fiddle)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (music) Any of various bowed string instruments, often used to refer to a violin when played in any of various traditional styles, as opposed to classical violin.
  • When I play it like this, it's a fiddle; when I play it like that, it's a violin.
  • A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher ) with leaves shaped like the musical instrument.
  • An adjustment intended to cover up a basic flaw.
  • That parameter setting is just a fiddle to make the lighting look right.
  • A fraud; a scam.
  • (nautical) On board a ship or boat, a rail or batten around the edge of a table or stove to prevent objects falling off at sea. (Also fiddle rail )
  • Synonyms

    * (instrument) violin

    Derived terms

    * fiddle brake * fiddle factor * fiddle-faddle * fiddlehead * fiddly * first fiddle * fit as a fiddle * lead fiddle * second fiddle

    See also

    * crowd, crwth

    Verb

    (fiddl)
  • To play aimlessly.
  • * Samuel Pepys
  • Talking, and fiddling with their hats and feathers.
    You're fiddling your life away.
  • To adjust in order to cover a basic flaw or fraud etc.
  • I needed to fiddle the lighting parameters to get the image to look right.
    Fred was sacked when the auditors caught him fiddling the books.
  • (music) To play traditional tunes on a violin in a non-classical style.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • Themistocles said he could not fiddle , but he could make a small town a great city.

    Synonyms

    * (to adjust in order to cover a basic flaw) fudge

    Derived terms

    * fiddle about * fiddle around * fiddle the books * fiddle with * fiddler

    See also

    * fritter