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Xylophone vs Is - What's the difference?

xylophone | is |

As a noun xylophone

is .

As a verb is is

i'm.

xylophone

English

(wikipedia xylophone)

Noun

(en noun)
  • a musical instrument made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like hammer.
    • All I know how to play on my xylophone is "Mary Had a Little Lamb". Would you like to hear it?

    Derived terms

    * xylophonist

    See also

    * glockenspiel * marimba * vibraphone ----

    is

    English

    (IS)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . The paradigm of "to be" has been since the time of Proto-Germanic a synthesis of four originally distinct verb stems. The infinitive form "to be" is from .

    Alternative forms

    * 's

    Verb

    (head)
  • (be)
    • He is a doctor. He retired some time ago.
    Should he do the task, it is vital that you follow him.
    It all depends on what the meaning of is is. - (Bill Clinton)
    • Quotations
    * (English Citations of "is")

    See also

    * am * are * art * be * been * beest * being * was * wast * were * wert

    Statistics

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    Etymology 2

    .

    Noun

    (head)
    • remember to dot your is
    Usage notes

    Anagrams

    * (l), (l), (l) 100 English basic words English auxiliary verb forms English irregular third-person singular forms English two-letter words 1000 English basic words ----