Calliope vs. Organ — What's the Difference?

In Greek mythology, Calliope ( kə-LY-ə-pee; Ancient Greek: Καλλιόπη, romanized: Kalliópē, lit. 'beautiful-voiced') is the Muse who presides over eloquence and epic poetry; so called from the ecstatic harmony of her voice. Hesiod and Ovid called her the "Chief of all Muses".

A part of an organism which is typically self-contained and has a specific vital function

The Muse of epic poetry.

A large musical instrument having rows of pipes supplied with air from bellows (now usually electrically powered), and played using a keyboard or by an automatic mechanism. The pipes are generally arranged in ranks of a particular type, each controlled by a stop, and often into larger sets linked to separate keyboards.

A musical instrument fitted with steam whistles, played from a keyboard.

A department or organization that performs a specified function

A musical organ, consisting of steam whistles played with a keyboard. Often used with merry-go-rounds.

An instrument consisting of a number of pipes that sound tones when supplied with air and a keyboard that operates a mechanism controlling the flow of air to the pipes. Also called pipe organ.

The Muse that presides over eloquence and heroic poetry; mother of Orpheus, and chief of the nine Muses.

Any one of various other instruments, such as the electronic organ, that resemble a pipe organ either in mechanism or sound.

One of the asteroids. See Solar.

(Biology) A differentiated part of an organism, such as an eye, wing, or leaf, that performs a specific function.

A musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles, toned to the notes of the scale, and played by keys arranged like those of an organ. It is sometimes attached to steamboat boilers.

An instrument or agency dedicated to the performance of specified functions

A beautiful species of humming bird (Stellula Calliope) of California and adjacent regions.

An instrument or means of communication, especially a periodical issued by a political party, business firm, or other group.

(Greek mythology) the Muse of epic poetry

The larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.

A musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles played from a keyboard

(by extension) A body of an organization dedicated to the performing of certain functions.

(musical instruments) A musical instrument that has multiple pipes which play when a key is pressed (the pipe organ), or an electronic instrument designed to replicate such.

An official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.

A government organization; agency; authority.

(slang) The penis.

An Asian form of mitrailleuse.

To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs.

An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers, etc., are organs of government.

A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable of performing some special action (termed its function), which is essential to the life or well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs, etc., are organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are organs of plants.

A component part performing an essential office in the working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc., are organs of the steam engine.

A medium of communication between one person or body and another; as, the secretary of state is the organ of communication between the government and a foreign power; a newspaper is the organ of its editor, or of a party, sect, etc. A newsletter distributed within an organization is often called its house organ.

A wind instrument containing numerous pipes of various dimensions and kinds, which are filled with wind from a bellows, and played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and sometimes by foot keys or pedals; - formerly used in the plural, each pipe being considered an organ.

To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs; to organize.

A fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function

A government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function;

(music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ

A periodical that is published by a special interest group;

Wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard

A free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows