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A violin is a specific instrument, whereas a fiddle can refer to a whole load of string instruments, similar to the violin, such as the welsh crwth and the apachi Tzii'edo a 'tl. But a violin can be considered a fiddle

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What is the am difference between a fiddle and a violin?

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