What's the difference between contrabass and contrabasso?

Contrabass

Definition:

• (n.) Double bass; -- applied to any instrument of the same deep range as the stringed double bass; as, the contrabass ophicleide; the contrabass tuba or bombardon.

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Contrabasso

Definition:

• (n.) The largest kind of bass viol. See Violone.

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