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Sitar vs Banjo - What's the difference?

sitar | banjo |

In musical instruments terms the difference between sitar and banjo

is that sitar is a Hindustani/Indian classical stringed instrument, typically having a gourd as its resonating chamber while banjo is a stringed musical instrument with a round body and fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings.

As a verb banjo is

to play the banjo.

sitar

English

(wikipedia sitar)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (musical instruments) A Hindustani/Indian classical stringed instrument, typically having a gourd as its resonating chamber.

    • Derived terms

    * sitarist

    See also

    * guitar

    Anagrams

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    banjo

    English

    (wikipedia banjo)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (musical instruments) A stringed musical instrument with a round body and fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings.
    • I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee ...
  • (slang) An object shaped like a banjo, especially a frying pan or a shovel.

    • Derived terms

    * banjoist * banjo enclosure * banjo eyes, banjo-eyes, banjo-eyed

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To play the banjo
  • (slang, British) To beat; to knock down
  • * 1989 , Susan S. M. Edwards, Policing 'domestic' Violence: Women, the Law and the State , page 95
    • Admitting the assault, the husband said that he had given her a 'banjoing ' but that she had asked for it.
  • * 1998 , "Fergie's world just gets Madar."(Sport), Sunday Mail m Jan 4, 1998
    • Madar was turfed out on a final misdemeanour of banjoing one of his teammates in training before a big game
  • * 2007 , "Return of Smeato, the extraordinary hero", Times Online , Jul 31, 2007
    • "Me and other folk were just trying to get the boot in and some other guy banjoed [decked] him”.
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