fiddler vs violin

fiddler

noun
  • One who plays the fiddle. 

  • One who fiddles; a cheat. 

  • A burrowing crab of the genus Gelasimus, of many species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and often holds it in a position similar to that in which a musician holds a fiddle. 

  • A large species of cicada, Macrotristria angularis, of eastern Australia; cherry nose. 

  • The common European sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos); so called because it habitually wags its tail up and down resembling the back and forth movement of a fiddler. 

violin

noun
  • The position of a violinist in an orchestra or group. 

  • Any instrument of the violin family, always inclusive of violins, violas, and cellos and sometimes further including the double bass. 

  • A small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow. 

verb
  • To play on, or as if on, a violin. 

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