Xylophone vs Mountain - What's the difference?
xylophone | mountain |
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.
A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land, usually given by geographers as above 1000 feet in height (or 304.8 metres), though such masses may still be described as hills in comparison with larger mountains.
A large amount.
(figuratively) A difficult task or challenge.
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As nouns the difference between xylophone and mountain
is that xylophone is while mountain is a large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land, usually given by geographers as above 1000 feet in height (or 3048 metres), though such masses may still be described as hills in comparison with larger mountains.xylophone
English
(wikipedia xylophone)Noun
(en noun)- All I know how to play on my xylophone is "Mary Had a Little Lamb". Would you like to hear it?
Derived terms
* xylophonistSee also
* glockenspiel * marimba * vibraphone ----mountain
English
Noun
(en noun)- Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
- We spent the weekend hiking in the mountains .
- There's still a mountain of work to do.
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