Bansuri vs. Flute: What's the Difference?

Bansuri and Flute Definitions
Bansuri
(musical instruments) A bamboo transverse flute used in the classical music of North India.
Flute
A high-pitched woodwind instrument consisting of a slender tube closed at one end with keys and finger holes on the side and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown. Also called transverse flute.
Flute
Any of various similar reedless woodwind instruments, such as the recorder.
Flute
An organ stop whose flue pipe produces a flutelike tone.
Flute
(Architecture) A long, usually rounded groove incised as a decorative motif on the shaft of a column, for example.
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Flute
A similar groove or furrow, as in a pleated ruffle of cloth or on a piece of furniture.
Flute
A tall narrow wineglass, often used for champagne.
Flute
(Music) To play (a tune) on a flute.
Flute
To produce in a flutelike tone.
Flute
To make flutes in (a column, for example).
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Flute
(Music) To play a flute.
Flute
To sing, whistle, or speak with a flutelike tone.
Flute
A woodwind instrument consisting of a tube with a row of holes that produce sound through vibrations caused by air blown across the edge of the holes, often tuned by plugging one or more holes with a finger; the Western concert flute, a transverse side-blown flute of European origin.
Flute
(colloquial) A recorder, also a woodwind instrument.
Flute
A glass with a long, narrow bowl and a long stem, used for drinking wine, especially champagne.
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Flute
A lengthwise groove, such as one of the lengthwise grooves on a classical column, or a groove on a cutting tool (such as a drill bit, endmill, or reamer), which helps to form both a cutting edge and a channel through which chips can escape
Flute
A semicylindrical vertical groove, as in a pillar, in plaited cloth, or in a rifle barrel to cut down the weight.
Flute
A long French bread roll, baguette.
Flute
An organ stop with a flute-like sound.
Flute
A shuttle in weaving tapestry etc.
Flute
A kind of flyboat; a storeship.
Flute
(intransitive) To play on a flute.
Flute
(intransitive) To make a flutelike sound.
Flute
(transitive) To utter with a flutelike sound.
Flute
(transitive) To form flutes or channels in (as in a column, a ruffle, etc.); to cut a semicylindrical vertical groove in (as in a pillar, etc.).
Flute
A musical wind instrument, consisting of a hollow cylinder or pipe, with holes along its length, stopped by the fingers or by keys which are opened by the fingers. The modern flute is closed at the upper end, and blown with the mouth at a lateral hole.
The breathing flute's soft notes are heard around.
Flute
A similar channel or groove made in wood or other material, esp. in plaited cloth, as in a lady's ruffle.
Flute
A long French breakfast roll.
Flute
A stop in an organ, having a flutelike sound.
Flute
A kind of flyboat; a storeship.
Flute
To play on, or as on, a flute; to make a flutelike sound.
Flute
To play, whistle, or sing with a clear, soft note, like that of a flute.
Knaves are men,That lute and flute fantastic tenderness.
The redwing flutes his o-ka-lee.
Flute
To form flutes or channels in, as in a column, a ruffle, etc.
Flute
A high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown
Flute
A tall narrow wineglass
Flute
A groove or furrow in cloth etc especially the shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column
Flute
Form flutes in