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organ vs wind instrument

wind instrument vs organ

organ and wind instrument both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
organ Yes No No No
wind instrument Yes No No No
As nouns, wind instrument is a hypernym of organ; that is, wind instrument is a word with a broader meaning than organ:
  • organ: wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard
  • wind instrument: a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath
Other hypernyms of organ include keyboard instrument, wind.
organ (noun) wind instrument (noun)
wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath
(music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ
a free-reeded instrument with a piano keyboard in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows
a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
a periodical that is published by a special interest group
a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function
Difference between organ and wind instrument

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