Chorus vs. Choir

Chorus and Choir Definitions
Chorus
A group of singers who perform together, usually singing multi-part compositions with more than one singer for each part.
Choir
An organized company of singers, especially one performing church music or singing in a church.
Chorus
A group of vocalists and dancers who support the soloists and leading performers in operas, musical comedies, and revues.
Choir
The part of a church used by such a company of singers.
Chorus
A musical composition usually in four or more parts written for a large number of singers.
Choir
The part of the chancel in a cruciform church that is occupied by this company of singers.
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Chorus
A refrain in a song, especially one in which the soloist is joined by other performers or audience members.
Choir
A group of instruments of the same kind
A string choir.
Chorus
A solo section based on the main melody of a popular song and played by a member of the group.
Choir
A division of some pipe organs, containing pipes suitable for accompanying a choir.
Chorus
A group of persons who speak or sing in unison a given part or composition in drama or poetry recitation.
Choir
An organized group
A choir of dancers.
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Chorus
An actor in Elizabethan drama who recites the prologue and epilogue to a play and sometimes comments on the action.
Choir
One of the orders of angels.
Chorus
A group in a classical Greek drama whose songs and dances present an exposition of or, in later tradition, a disengaged commentary on the action.
Choir
To sing in chorus.
Chorus
The portion of a classical Greek drama consisting of choric dance and song.
Choir
A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together.
The church choir practices Thursday nights.
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Chorus
A speech, song, or other utterance made in concert by many people.
Choir
(architecture) The part of a church where the choir assembles for song.
Chorus
A simultaneous utterance by a number of people
A chorus of jeers from the bystanders.
Choir
One of the nine ranks or orders of angels.
Seraphim, Cherubim, and Thrones are three of the choirs of angels.
Chorus
A simultaneous production of sound by numerous animals
The midday chorus of cicadas.
Choir
Set of strings (one per note) for a harpsichord.
Chorus
A simultaneous production of sound by numerous inanimate objects
A chorus of lawnmowers from the neighborhood's backyards.
Choir
A band or organized company of singers, especially in church service.
Chorus
To sing or utter in chorus.
Choir
That part of a church appropriated to the singers.
Chorus
A group of singers and dancers in a theatrical performance or religious festival who commented on the main performance in speech or song.
Choir
The chancel.
Chorus
A song performed by the singers of such a group.
Choir
A chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony
Chorus
An actor who reads the prologue and epilogue of a play, and sometimes also acts as a commentator or narrator; also, a portion of a play read by this actor.
Choir
A family of similar musical instrument playing together
Chorus
A group of singers performing together; a choir; specifically, such a group singing together in a musical, an opera, etc., as distinct from the soloists; an ensemble.
The performance of the chorus was awe-inspiring and exhilarating.
Choir
The area occupied by singers; the part of the chancel between sanctuary and nave
Chorus
(by extension) A group of people in a performance who recite together.
Choir
Sing in a choir
Chorus
An instance of singing by a group of people.
Chorus
(figuratively)
Chorus
A group of people or animals who make sounds together.
A chorus of crickets
A chorus of whiners
Chorus
The noise or sound made by such a group.
A chorus of shouts and catcalls
Chorus
(music)
Chorus
A piece of music, especially one in a larger work such as an opera, written to be sung by a choir in parts (for example, by sopranos, altos, tenors, and basses).
Chorus
A part of a song which is repeated between verses; a refrain.
The catchiest part of most songs is the chorus.
Chorus
The main part of a pop song played after the introduction.
Chorus
A group of organ pipes or organ stops intended to be played simultaneously; a compound stop; also, the sound made by such pipes or stops.
Chorus
A feature or setting in electronic music that makes one instrument sound like many.
Chorus
(Christianity) A simple, often repetitive, song intended to be sung in a group during informal worship.
Chorus
(jazz) The improvised solo section in a small group performance.
Chorus
(transitive)
Chorus
To sing (a song), express (a sentiment), or recite or say (words) in chorus.
Chorus
To express concurrence with (something said by another person); to echo.
Chorus
(rare) To provide (a song) with a chorus or refrain.
Chorus
(intransitive)
Chorus
To sing the chorus or refrain of a song.
Chorus
To sing, express, or say in, or as if in, unison.
Chorus
To echo in unison another person's words.
Chorus
Of animals: to make cries or sounds together.
Chorus
A band of singers and dancers.
The Grecian tragedy was at first nothing but a chorus of singers.
Chorus
A company of persons supposed to behold what passed in the acts of a tragedy, and to sing the sentiments which the events suggested in couplets or verses between the acts; also, that which was thus sung by the chorus.
What the lofty, grave tragedians taughtIn chorus or iambic.
Chorus
An interpreter in a dumb show or play.
Chorus
A company of singers singing in concert.
Chorus
A composition of two or more parts, each of which is intended to be sung by a number of voices.
Chorus
Parts of a song or hymn recurring at intervals, as at the end of stanzas; also, a company of singers who join with the singer or choir in singer or choir in singing such parts.
Chorus
The simultaneous of a company in any noisy demonstration; as, a Chorus of shouts and catcalls.
Chorus
To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously.
Chorus
Any utterance produced simultaneously by a group;
A chorus of boos
Chorus
A group of people assembled to sing together
Chorus
The part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers
Chorus
A body of dancers or singers who perform together
Chorus
A company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play
Chorus
Utter in unison;
`yes,' the children chorused
Chorus
Sing in a choir