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Musician vs Singer - What's the difference?

musician | singer |

As nouns the difference between musician and singer

is that musician is a composer, conductor, or performer of music while singer is person who sings, is able to sing, or earns a living by singing.

As a proper noun Singer is

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musician

English

Alternative forms

* musitian (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A composer, conductor, or performer of music.

    • Hyponyms

    * See also

    singer

    English

    Etymology 1

    (sing).

    Noun

    (wikipedia singer) (en noun)
  • Person who sings, is able to sing, or earns a living by singing.
  • (square dance) dance figure with a fixed structure, sung by a caller, or a piece of music with that structure. See square dance singer.
    • Derived terms
    * opera singer

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who, or device which, singes; a machine for singeing cloth.

    • Anagrams

    * English agent nouns ----