fiddlestick vs violin

fiddlestick

noun
  • A bow used to play the fiddle. 

  • One of a pair of sticks, similar to drumsticks, used by a second player to percuss the strings of a fiddle while the main player plays via bow. 

  • A whit; a jot. 

violin

noun
  • 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. 

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

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

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

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