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Percussion vs Piphat - What's the difference?

percussion | piphat |

In lang=en terms the difference between percussion and piphat

is that percussion is the section of an orchestra or band containing percussion instruments; such instruments considered as a group while piphat is an ensemble of wind and percussion instruments in central Thai classical music.

As nouns the difference between percussion and piphat

is that percussion is the collision of two bodies in order to produce a sound while piphat is an ensemble of wind and percussion instruments in central Thai classical music.

percussion

English

Noun

  • (countable) the collision of two bodies in order to produce a sound
  • (countable) the sound so produced
  • (countable) the detonation of a percussion cap in a firearm
  • (medicine) the tapping of the body as an aid to medical diagnosis
  • (music) the section of an orchestra or band containing percussion instruments; such instruments considered as a group
  • (engineering) the repeated striking of an object to break or shape it, as in percussion drilling

    • Anagrams

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    piphat

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (music) An ensemble of wind and percussion instruments in central Thai classical music.

    • External links

    * ("piphat" on Wikipedia)

    See also

    * gamelan