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Piccolo vs Phife - What's the difference?

piccolo | phife |

As nouns the difference between piccolo and phife

is that piccolo is (musici) an instrument similar to a flute, but smaller, and playing an octave higher while phife is .

piccolo

Noun

(en noun)
  • (musici) An instrument similar to a flute, but smaller, and playing an octave higher.
  • A waiter's assistant in a hotel or restaurant.
  • * 1910 , (Saki), ‘The Soul of Laploshka’, Reginald in Russia :
  • as I fled I felt Laploshka's reproachful eyes watching the amount that I gave to the piccolo – out of his two francs.
  • A bottle of champagne containing 0.1875 liters of fluid, 1/4 the volume of a standard bottle; a quarter bottle or snipe.
  • Derived terms

    * piccoloist

    phife

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)