Instrument vs Record - What's the difference?
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A device used to produce music.
A means or agency for achieving an effect.
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A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
(legal) A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.
(figuratively) A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
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To apply measuring devices.
To devise, conceive, cook up, plan.
To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument.
An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.
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Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.
A vinyl disc on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph.
(computing) A set of data relating to a single individual or item.
The most extreme known value of some achievement, particularly in competitive events.
To make a record of information.
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Specifically, to make an audio or video recording of.
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(legal) To give legal status to by making an official public record.
To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.
To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To repeat; to practice.
(ambitransitive, obsolete) To sing or repeat a tune.
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(obsolete) To reflect; to ponder.
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Instrument is a related term of record.
As nouns the difference between instrument and record
is that instrument is while record is record.instrument
English
(wikipedia instrument)Noun
(en noun)- The violinist was a master of her instrument .
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- The instrument detected an increase in radioactivity.
- The dentist set down his tray of instruments'''.'' The scientist recorded the temperature with a thermometer but wished he had a more accurate ' instrument ."
- A bond indenture is the instrument that gives a bond its value.
- Negotiable instruments are the foundation of the debt markets.
- Or useful serving man and instrument , / To any sovereign state.
- The bold are but the instruments of the wise.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* blunt instrument * debt instrument * derivative instrument * financial instrument * instrumentation * instrumental * instrumentive * measuring instrument * musical instrument * negotiable instrument * writing instrumentVerb
(en verb)- a sonata instrumented for orchestra
Synonyms
* (to apply measuring devices) measure, supervise * * (to perform on an instrument) play * (to prepare for an instrument) arrangeSee also
* instrumentalAnagrams
* ----record
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) , from recorder. See .Noun
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- The person had a record of the interview so she could review her notes.
- The tourist's photographs and the tape of the police call provide a record of the crime.
- We have no record of you making this payment to us.
- I still like records better than CDs.
- The heat and humidity were both new records .
- The team set a new record for most points scored in a game.
Synonyms
* log * (information put into a lasting physical medium) * (vinyl disk) disc/disk * (most extreme known value)Derived terms
* activation record * for the record * of record * on record * off the record * on the record * record-breaking * public record * world recordEtymology 2
From (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- I wanted to record every detail of what happened, for the benefit of future generations.
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- Within a week they had recorded both the song and the video for it.
- When the deed was recorded , we officially owned the house.
- (Shakespeare)
- whether the birds or she recorded best
- They longed to see the day, to hear the lark / Record her hymns, and chant her carols blest.
- Praying all the way, and recording upon the words which he before had read.