invade, occupy(verb) march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation. Synonyms: lodge in, invade, occupy, encroach upon, engross, obtrude upon, intrude on, busy, worry, absorb, engage, reside, concern, overrun, fill, infest, interest, take, use up.
It's my understanding that the difference between a violin and a fiddle is the bridge. The bridge on a violin is flatter that the fingerboard. However, on a fiddle, the contour of the bridge is made to match the contour of the fingerboard.
Noun. 1. fiddle-bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow. violin. Amati-a violin made by Nicolo Amati or a member of his family.. any instrument of the viol or violin family, esp the violin. 2. (Instruments) a violin played as a folk instrument. 3. time-wasting or trifling behaviour; nonsense; triviality. 4. (Nautical Terms) nautical a small railing around the top of a table to prevent objects from falling off it in bad weather.