Bansuri vs. Flute — What's the Difference?

A bansuri is a side blown flute originating from the Indian subcontinent. It is an aerophone produced from bamboo, used in Hindustani classical music.

The flute is a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening.

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

A wind instrument made from a tube with holes that are stopped by the fingers or keys, held vertically or horizontally (in which case it is also called a transverse flute) so that the player's breath strikes a narrow edge. The modern orchestral form is a transverse flute, typically made of metal, with an elaborate set of keys.

An ornamental vertical groove in a column.

A tall, narrow wine glass

Play a flute or pipe.

Make flutes or grooves in.

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.

Any of various similar reedless woodwind instruments, such as the recorder.

An organ stop whose flue pipe produces a flutelike tone.

(Architecture) A long, usually rounded groove incised as a decorative motif on the shaft of a column, for example.

A similar groove or furrow, as in a pleated ruffle of cloth or on a piece of furniture.

A tall narrow wineglass, often used for champagne.

(Music) To play (a tune) on a flute.

To produce in a flutelike tone.

To make flutes in (a column, for example).

(Music) To play a flute.

To sing, whistle, or speak with a flutelike tone.

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.

(colloquial) A recorder, also a woodwind instrument.

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

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

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

A long French bread roll, baguette.

An organ stop with a flute-like sound.

A shuttle in weaving tapestry etc.

A kind of flyboat; a storeship.

(intransitive) To play on a flute.

(intransitive) To make a flutelike sound.

(transitive) To utter with a flutelike sound.

(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.).

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.

A similar channel or groove made in wood or other material, esp. in plaited cloth, as in a lady's ruffle.

A long French breakfast roll.

A stop in an organ, having a flutelike sound.

A kind of flyboat; a storeship.

To play on, or as on, a flute; to make a flutelike sound.

To play, whistle, or sing with a clear, soft note, like that of a flute.

To form flutes or channels in, as in a column, a ruffle, etc.

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

A tall narrow wineglass

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

Form flutes in