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Vol vs Viol - What's the difference?

vol | viol |

As nouns the difference between vol and viol

is that vol is a pair of conjoined wings while viol is a viola da gamba, a family of musical instruments that preceded the violin and viola and similar string instruments.

As a verb viol is

to play the viol.

vol

English

===(en)=== vol', '''Vol''', '''vol.''', or ' Vol.
  • volume
  • *
    • The supplementary bibliography (in Vol. VI) attests to the comprehensiveness of the effort.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (heraldiccharge) A pair of conjoined wings
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    viol

    English

    (wikipedia viol)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A viola da gamba, a family of musical instruments that preceded the violin and viola and similar string instruments

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To play the viol.
  • * (Sir Walter Scott)
    • “Keep your gold for those who lack it, mistress,” said Henry, “and do not offer to honest hands the money that is won by violing , and tabouring, and toetripping, and perhaps worse pastimes.
  • * (Thomas Hardy)
    • Through snowy woods and shady / We went to play a tune / To the lonely manor-lady / By the light of the Christmas moon. / We violed till, upward glancing / To where a mirror leaned, / It showed her airily dancing
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