In musical instruments terms the difference between woodwind and saxophone
is that woodwind is any (mostly wooden) musical instrument which produce sound by the player blowing into them, through a reed, or across an opening. Woodwind instruments include the recorder, flute, piccolo, clarinet, oboe, cor anglais and bassoon while saxophone is a single-reed instrument musical instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and with a distinctive loop bringing the bell upwards.
As an adjective woodwind
is related to a woodwind instrument.
woodwind
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(musical instruments) Any (mostly wooden) musical instrument which produce sound by the player blowing into them, through a reed, or across an opening. Woodwind instruments include the recorder, flute, piccolo, clarinet, oboe, cor anglais and bassoon.
Adjective
(-)
Related to a woodwind instrument.
Related terms
* brass instrument
* keyboard instrument
* percussion instrument
* string instrument
saxophone
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(musical instruments) A single-reed instrument musical instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and with a distinctive loop bringing the bell upwards.
Derived terms
* saxophonist
* sopranino saxophone
* soprano saxophone
* alto saxophone
* tenor saxophone
* baritone saxophone
* bass saxophone
* contra-bass saxophone
See also
* (wikipedia)