Orchestra vs Decoration - What's the difference?
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(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.
The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.
That which adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment; ornament.
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Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc.
As nouns the difference between orchestra and decoration
is that orchestra is (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 while decoration is decoration.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
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("decoration on Wikiquote")Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.}}
- At the very moment he cried out, David realised that what he had run into was only the Christmas tree. Disgusted with himself at such cowardice, he spat a needle from his mouth, stepped back from the tree and listened. There were no sounds of any movement upstairs: no shouts, no sleepy grumbles, only a gentle tinkle from the decorations as the tree had recovered from the collision.
