percussion instrument vs clappers

clappers vs percussion instrument

percussion instrument and clappers both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
percussion instrument	Yes	No	No	No
clappers	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, clappers is a hyponym of percussion instrument; that is, clappers is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than percussion instrument:

percussion instrument: a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another
clappers: (used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance

Other hyponyms of percussion instrument include bones, castanets, finger cymbals, bell, chime, gong, cymbal, drum, membranophone, tympan, glockenspiel, orchestral bells, gong, tam-tam, kettle, kettledrum, timpani, tympani, tympanum, lagerphone, maraca, marimba, xylophone, forte-piano, piano, pianoforte, rain stick, steel drum, triangle, vibes, vibraharp, vibraphone, electronic drum kit, electronic drum set.

percussion instrument (noun)	clappers (noun)
a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another	(used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance

Difference between percussion instrument and clappers

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