Orchestra vs Choir - What's the difference?
orchestra | choir |
(music) A large group of musicians who play together on various instruments, usually including some from strings, woodwind, brass and/or percussion; the instruments played by such a group.
A semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in Ancient Greek and Hellenistic theatres.
The area in a theatre or concert hall where the musicians sit, immediately in front of and below the stage, sometimes (also) used by other performers.
Singing group; group of people who sing together; company of people who are trained to sing together.
* , chapter=5
, title= The part of a church where the choir assembles for song.
* , chapter=5
, title= (Christian angelology) One of the nine ranks or orders of angels.
As nouns the difference between orchestra and choir
is that orchestra is a large group of musicians who play together on various instruments, usually including some from strings, woodwind, brass and/or percussion; the instruments played by such a group while choir is singing group; group of people who sing together; company of people who are trained to sing together.orchestra
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(wikipedia orchestra)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* orchestral * (orchestra types ) chamber orchestra, orchestra in residence, philharmonic orchestra, string orchestra, symphony orchestraDerived terms
* orchestrate, orchestration * orchestrina, orchestrionUsage notes
* In British English, "The orchestra are'' tuning up" is often used, implying the individual members. In the US, one would almost always hear "The orchestra ''is tuning up", implying a collective.Anagrams
* ----choir
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* (l) (archaic)Noun
(wikipedia choir) (en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.}}
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Here, in the transept and choir , where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.}}
