Citole vs. Archaic — What's the Difference?

The citole was a string musical instrument, closely associated with the medieval fiddles (viol, vielle, gigue) and commonly used from 1200–1350. It was known by other names in various languages: cedra, cetera, cetola, cetula, cistola, citola, citula, citera, chytara, cistole, cithar, cuitole, cythera, cythol, cytiole, cytolys, gytolle, sitole, sytholle, sytole, and zitol.

Also Archaic Relating to, being, or characteristic of a much earlier, often more primitive period, especially one that develops into a classical stage of civilization

An archaic musical instrument whose exact form is uncertain, generally shown with four strings

No longer current or applicable; antiquated

A musical instrument; a kind of dulcimer.

Relating to, being, or characteristic of words and language that were once in regular use but are now relatively rare and suggestive of an earlier style or period.

A 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings

Relating to or being an early or premodern evolutionary form of an organism or group of organisms

Relating to or being an early form of Homo sapiens or a closely related species, such as Neanderthal, that is anatomically distinct from modern humans.

Archaic Relating to a Native American culture prevalent throughout much of North America from about 8000 BC to about 1000 BC, characterized especially by the development of Mesolithic tools and by the increased reliance on smaller game animals as the large Pleistocene mammals became extinct.

A member of an archaic population of Homo.

A general term for the prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleo-Indian Paleo-Indian]’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, &c.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).

(paleoanthropology) (A member of) an archaic variety of Homo sapiens.

Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.

(of words) No longer in ordinary use, though still used occasionally to give a sense of antiquity and are still likely to be understood by well-educated speakers and are found in historical texts.

(archaeology) Belonging to the archaic period

Of or characterized by antiquity or archaism; antiquated; obsolescent.

So extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period;

Little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type;