percussion instrument vs pianoforte

pianoforte vs percussion instrument

percussion instrument and pianoforte both are nouns.

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

As nouns, pianoforte is a hyponym of percussion instrument; that is, pianoforte 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
pianoforte: a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds

Other hyponyms of percussion instrument include bones, castanets, clappers, 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, rain stick, steel drum, triangle, vibes, vibraharp, vibraphone, electronic drum kit, electronic drum set.

percussion instrument (noun)	pianoforte (noun)
a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another	a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds

Difference between percussion instrument and pianoforte

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