musical notation vs staff

staff vs musical notation

musical notation and staff both are nouns.

musical notation is not a verb while staff is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
musical notation	Yes	No	No	No
staff	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, staff is a hyponym of musical notation; that is, staff is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than musical notation:

musical notation: (music) notation used by musicians
staff: (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written

Other hyponyms of musical notation include bar line, tablature, musical scale, scale, interval, musical interval, stave, clef, key signature, signature, key, tonality, atonalism, atonality, musical time signature, time signature, bar, measure, rest, musical note, note, tone, slur, sharp, flat, cancel, natural, accidental, fermata, solmisation, solmization, segno, sforzando, chant notation, modal notation.

musical notation (noun)	staff (noun)
(music) notation used by musicians	a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose
	(music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
	a rod carried as a symbol
	the body of teachers and administrators at a school
	personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task
	building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration

musical notation (verb)	staff (verb)
	provide with staff
	serve on the staff of

Difference between musical notation and staff

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