Difference between Hautboy and Hautbois

What is the difference between Hautboy and Hautbois?

Hautboy as a noun is the oboe. while Hautbois as a noun is any of a family of organ stops that contain reeds.

Hautboy

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The oboe. A reed stop on an organ giving a similar sound. A tall-growing strawberry, Fragaria elatior, having a musky flavour.

Hautbois

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Any of a family of organ stops that contain reeds.Any of the, now obsolete, predecessors of the oboe or cor anglais.

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