Difference between Timpani and Tympan

What is the difference between Timpani and Tympan?

Timpani as a noun is the set of precision kettledrums in an orchestra. while Tympan as a noun is a piece of cloth padding placed under the platen of a letterpress to distribute the pressure on the sheet being printed

Timpani

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The set of precision kettledrums in an orchestra.

Tympan

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a piece of cloth padding placed under the platen of a letterpress to distribute the pressure on the sheet being printedthe stretched membrane of a drum; a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow cylinder with such a membrane at each enda tympanum

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