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Violin vs Violinlike - What's the difference?

violin | violinlike |

As a noun violin

is (label) (string instrument).

As an adjective violinlike is

resembling a violin or its sound.

violin

English

(wikipedia violin)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (musical instruments) A musical four-string instrument, generally played with a bow or by plucking the string. Pitch is set by pressing the strings at the appropriate place with the fingers.
  • *
  • (music) A violinist.
    • The first violin often plays the lead melody lines in a string quartet.

    Synonyms

    * fiddle

    Related terms

    * first violin * second violin * viol * viola * violinist * violoncello

    See also

    * second fiddle

    See also

    * bass viol * cello * double bass * viola * first violinist * second violinist ----

    violinlike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling a violin or its sound.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 21, author=Daniel J. Wakin, title=From the Archives, Just for Theremaniacs, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=IN 1927 The New York Times reported from Berlin about an astounding recent invention: a box with a brass rod and ring that, when the inventor moved his hands around them, produced a violinlike sound of “extraordinary beauty and fullness of tone.” }}