clarion vs cornet

clarion

noun
  • An organ stop consisting of pipes with reeds giving a high-pitched note like that of a clarion (sense 1). 

  • A charge thought to represent a type of wind instrument, a keyboard instrument like a spinet, or perhaps a rest used by a knight to support a lance during jousting. 

  • A medieval brass instrument chiefly used as a battle signal; related to the trumpet, it had a narrow, straight pipe and a high-pitched, piercing sound. 

  • The sound of a clarion (sense 1), or any sound resembling the loud, high-pitched note of a clarion. 

adj
  • Of a sound, a voice, a message, etc.: brilliantly clear. 

verb
  • To announce or herald (something) using a clarion (noun sense 1). 

  • Of a thing: to cause (a place) to echo with a sound like that of a clarion. 

  • To sound a clarion; also, to make a high-pitched, piercing sound like that of a clarion. 

  • To announce or herald (something) clearly, especially so as to stir or unite people. 

cornet

noun
  • A kind of organ stop. 

  • The white headdress worn by the Sisters of Charity. 

  • A pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream, hence (UK, dated) an ice cream cone. 

  • A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat. 

  • The fifth commissioned officer in a cavalry troop, who carried the colours (equivalent to the ensign in infantry). 

  • A piece of paper twisted to be used as a container. 

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