Bansuri vs. Flute

Bansuri vs. Flute — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Bansuri and Flute

Bansurinoun

(musical instruments) A bamboo transverse flute used in the classical music of North India.

Flutenoun

(musical instruments) 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.

Flutenoun

A recorder, also a woodwind instrument.

Flutenoun

A glass with a long, narrow bowl and a long stem, used for drinking wine, especially champagne.

Flutenoun

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

Flutenoun

A semicylindrical vertical groove, as in a pillar, in plaited cloth, or in a rifle barrel to cut down the weight.

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Flutenoun

A long French bread roll.

Flutenoun

An organ stop with a flute-like sound.

Flutenoun

A shuttle in weaving tapestry etc.

Flutenoun

A kind of flyboat; a storeship.

Fluteverb

(intransitive) To play on a flute.

Fluteverb

(intransitive) To make a flutelike sound.

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Fluteverb

(transitive) To utter with a flutelike sound.

Fluteverb

(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.).

Flutenoun

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

Flutenoun

a tall narrow wineglass

Flutenoun

a groove or furrow in cloth etc especially the shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column

Fluteverb

form flutes in