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Ocarina vs Carina - What's the difference?

ocarina | carina |

As nouns the difference between ocarina and carina

is that ocarina is a woodwind musical instrument that is closed at both sides to produce an enclosed space, and punctured with finger holes while carina is a longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.

As a proper noun Carina is

a summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the keel of a ship. It contains the star Canopus, the second brightest star in the night sky. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.

ocarina

English

(wikipedia ocarina)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (musical instruments) A woodwind musical instrument that is closed at both sides to produce an enclosed space, and punctured with finger holes.

    • Derived terms

    * ocarinist

    Anagrams

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    carina

    English

    Etymology 1

    Named by the French astronomer in 1763. From (etyl)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (constellation) A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the keel of a ship. It contains the star Canopus, the second brightest star in the night sky. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.
    • Derived terms
    * Carinae
    See also
    * Argo * Argo Navis * Puppis * Pyxis * Vela

    Etymology 2

    Name of a fourth century martyr, feminine of Latin carinus'', derivative of ''carus "beloved"; also a latinization of Karina and Karin (= Catherine) in northern Europe.

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • occasionally used in English.

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