Psaltery vs Harp - What's the difference?
psaltery | harp |
An ancient musical instrument, similar to a dulcimer or a zither, and played by plucking the strings with the fingers or a plectrum.
A musical instrument consisting of an upright frame strung with strings that are stroked or plucked with the fingers.
(label) A harmonica.
(label) A grain sieve.
To repeatedly mention a subject.
(label) To play on (a harp or similar instrument)
(label) To play (a tune) on the harp.
(label) To develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon.
As nouns the difference between psaltery and harp
is that psaltery is an ancient musical instrument, similar to a dulcimer or a zither, and played by plucking the strings with the fingers or a plectrum while harp is a musical instrument consisting of an upright frame strung with strings that are stroked or plucked with the fingers.As a verb harp is
usually with on To repeatedly mention a subject.As a proper noun Harp is
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Alternative forms
* psaltryNoun
(psalteries)- And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries , and with harps. (Nehemiah 12:27, KJV)
harp
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(wikipedia harp)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* harpistSee also
* lyreVerb
(en verb)- (US)
- (UK)
- — Shakespeare.
