Trumpet vs Hosaphone - What's the difference?
trumpet | hosaphone |
A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat.
In an orchestra or other musical group, a musician that plays the trumpet.
The cry of an elephant.
(figurative) One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the instrument of propagating it.
* Dryden
A funnel, or short flaring pipe, used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine.
To sound loudly, be amplified
To play the trumpet.
Of an elephant, to make its cry.
To proclaim loudly; to promote enthusiastically
* Francis Bacon
A home-made musical instrument consisting of a length of garden hose with a funnel inserted at one end. It is played by blowing it in the manner of a trumpet
As nouns the difference between trumpet and hosaphone
is that trumpet is a musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of b-flat while hosaphone is a home-made musical instrument consisting of a length of garden hose with a funnel inserted at one end it is played by blowing it in the manner of a trumpet.As a verb trumpet
is to sound loudly, be amplified.trumpet
English
(wikipedia trumpet)Noun
(en noun)- The royal herald sounded a trumpet to announce their arrival.
- The trumpets were assigned to stand at the rear of the orchestra pit.
- The large bull gave a basso trumpet as he charged the hunters.
- (Shakespeare)
- That great politician was pleased to have the greatest wit of those times to be the trumpet of his praises.
Synonyms
* (musical instrument) cornetDerived terms
* natural trumpet * straight trumpetVerb
(en verb)- The music trumpeted from the speakers, hurting my ears.
- Cedric made a living trumpeting for the change of passersby in the subway.
- ''The circus trainer cracked the whip, signaling the elephant to trumpet .
- Andy trumpeted Jane's secret across the school, much to her embarrassment.
- They did nothing but publish and trumpet all the reproaches they could devise against the Irish.
