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membranophone vs tambourine

tambourine vs membranophone

membranophone and tambourine both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
membranophone Yes No No No
tambourine Yes No No No
As nouns, tambourine is a hyponym of membranophone; that is, tambourine is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than membranophone:
  • membranophone: a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
  • tambourine: a shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides
Other hyponyms of membranophone include bass drum, gran casa, bongo, bongo drum, side drum, snare, snare drum, tabor, tabour, tambour, tenor drum, tom-tom, timbrel.
membranophone (noun) tambourine (noun)
a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end a shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides
Difference between membranophone and tambourine

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