As nouns the difference between mandolin and mandore
is that mandolin is (music) a stringed instrument and a member of the lute family, having eight strings in four courses, frequently tuned as a violin they have either a bowl back or a flat back while mandore is (musical instruments) an early form of lute, that gave rise to the mandolin.
mandolin
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(music) A stringed instrument and a member of the lute family, having eight strings in four courses, frequently tuned as a violin. They have either a bowl back or a flat back.
A kitchen tool used for slicing vegetables (usually spelled mandoline).
(military) An RAF World War II code name for patrols to attack enemy railway transport and other ground targets.
Derived terms
* mandolinist
Related terms
* mandola, manjo, mandolin-banjo, banjo-mandolin, banjolin
mandore
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(musical instruments) An early form of lute, that gave rise to the mandolin
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