bass vs bass viol

bass viol vs bass

bass and bass viol both are nouns.

bass is an adjective but bass viol is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bass	Yes	Yes	No	No
bass viol	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, bass viol is a hyponym of bass; that is, bass viol is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bass:

bass: the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments
bass viol: largest and lowest member of the violin family

Other hyponyms of bass include bass fiddle, bull fiddle, contrabass, double bass, string bass, bass guitar, bass horn, sousaphone, tuba, bombard, bombardon.

bass (noun)	bass viol (noun)
the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments	viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello
the lowest part of the musical range	largest and lowest member of the violin family
the lowest adult male singing voice
the lowest part in polyphonic music
an adult male singer with the lowest voice
nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes
any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus)
the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae

bass (adjective)	bass viol (adjective)
having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range

Difference between bass and bass viol

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