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Quintet vs Trinity - What's the difference?

quintet | trinity |

As a noun quintet

is (music) a composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians).

As a proper noun trinity is

(christianity) in christian belief, the three persons (personae) of the godhead: father, son and holy spirit.

quintet

English

(wikipedia quintet)

Alternative forms

* quintette

Noun

(en noun)
  • (music) A composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians)
  • (music) A group of five musicians, fit to play such a piece of music together
  • Any group of five members

    • See also

    * duo * trio * quartet * sextet * septet * octet * nonet * chamber ensemble * chamber orchestra

    trinity

    English

    Noun

    (trinities)
  • A group or set of three people or things; triad; trio; trine.
  • *
  • *:But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat's-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity , earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.
  • The state of being three; threeness.

    • Synonyms

    * (group of three) threesome, triad, trio, trine, troika, triumvirate * threeness

    Derived terms

    * nontrinitarian * nontrinitarianism * trinitarian

    See also

    * Trinity * Trinity College * quaternity * Unitarian