Exactly the same instrument as violin. Terms are interchangeable.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            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 
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            play the violin or fiddle 
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            play on a violin; "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely" 
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination; "She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the Senate" 
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly; "Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"; "The reporter fiddle with the facts" 
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            an early version of the violin -- it is a medieval European
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Colloquial term for violin; often used in traditional music.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            A Medieval bowed string instrument, forerunner of the violin.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            The term fiddle refers to a violin when used in folk music. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music. Fiddle playing, or fiddling, is a style of music.