Lute vs Tambura - What's the difference?
lute | tambura |
A fretted stringed instrument, similar to a guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox.
To play on a lute, or as if on a lute.
* Tennyson
Thick sticky clay or cement used to close up a hole or gap, especially to make something air-tight.
A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc.
(brickmaking) A straight-edged piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from mould.
To fix or fasten something with lute.
* 1888 , Rudyard Kipling, ‘A Friend's Friend’, Plain Tales from the Hills , Folio Society 2005, page 179:
A type of stringed instrument found throughout the world, similar to a lute.
*{{quote-news, year=2008, date=March 25, author=Allan Kozinn, title=Neil Aspinall, Beatles’ Aide, Dies at 66, work=New York Times
, passage=He was among the singers in the celebratory chorus of “Yellow Submarine,” and he played tambura (an Indian drone instrument) on “Within You Without You,” harmonica on “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite” and percussion on “Magical Mystery Tour.” }}
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As nouns the difference between lute and tambura
is that lute is a fretted stringed instrument, similar to a guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox while tambura is a type of stringed instrument found throughout the world, similar to a lute.As a verb lute
is to play on a lute, or as if on a lute.lute
English
(wikipedia lute)Etymology 1
From (etyl) lut (modern (luth)), from (etyl) (probably representing an (etyl) or North African pronunciation).Noun
(en noun)See also
* barbiton, barbitos * guembri * guqin * mandola * mandolin * oud * pipa * rebab * samisen, shamisen * theorboVerb
(lut)- Knaves are men / That lute and flute fantastic tenderness.
- (Piers Plowman)
- (Keats)
Etymology 2
From (etyl) lut, ultimately from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Verb
(lut)- To protect everything till it dried, a man luted a big blue paper cap from a cracker, with meringue-cream, low down on Jevon's forehead.
Anagrams
* ----tambura
English
Alternative forms
*tambouraNoun
(en noun)citation