Piano vs Computer - What's the difference?
piano | computer |
(musical instruments) A keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings.
(music) Soft, quiet.
In extended use; quiet, subdued.
* 1977 , , The Honourable Schoolboy , Folio Society 2010, p. 160:
(music) Softly, as a musical direction (abbreviated to p. in sheet music).
(now, rare, chiefly, historical) A person employed to perform computations; one who computes.
* 1927 , J. B. S. Haldane, Possible Worlds and Other Essays , page 173
* 2003 , (Bill Bryson), A Short History of Nearly Everything , BCA, page 116:
by restriction, a male computer, where the female computer is called a computress
A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve large amounts of data very quickly; now especially, a small one for personal or home use employed for manipulating text or graphics, accessing the Internet, or playing games or media.
As nouns the difference between piano and computer
is that piano is piano while computer is calculator, computer.piano
English
(wikipedia piano)Noun
(en-noun)- The piano in his house takes up a lot of space.
- She has been taking lessons for many years and now plays piano very well.
- He can play "Happy Birthday" on the piano .
- Most of the works by Frédéric Chopin are for the piano .
Synonyms
* pianoforte (dated)Coordinate terms
* (keyboard instrument) cembalo, clavier, fortepiano, harpsichord, organ, synthesizer, synthDerived terms
* dumb piano * electric piano * grand piano * pianola * pianist * piano accordion * piano player * player piano * square piano * upright pianoAdjective
(en adjective)- ‘Tradecraft'', Chris,’ Enderby put in, who liked his bit of jargon, and Martindale, still ''piano , shot him a glance of admiration.
Adverb
(-)computer
Noun
(en noun)- Only a few years ago Mr. Powers, an American computer , disproved a hypothesis about prime numbers which had held the field for more than 250 years.
- One Harvard computer , Annie Jump Cannon, used her repetitive acquaintance with the stars to devise a system of stellar classifications so practical that it is still in use today.
