is a specific kind of: being, organism.

derivation: phonate, vocalise, vocalize | express, give tongue to, utter, verbalise, verbalize | sound, vocalise, vocalize, voice | emit, let loose, let out, utter.

is a specific kind of: instrumentalist, musician, player.

is a broader term that covers: alto | baritone, barytone | bass, basso | canary | caroler, caroller | castrato | chorister | contralto | balladeer, crooner | folk singer, jongleur, minstrel, poet-singer, troubadour | hummer | lieder singer | madrigalist | opera star, operatic star | rapper | rock star | songster | soprano | tenor | thrush | torch singer | voice | warbler | yodeller ... show more.

instances of which are: Bailey, Pearl Bailey, Pearl Mae Bailey | Cash, John Cash, Johnny Cash | Chevalier, Maurice Chevalier | Dietrich, Maria Magdalene von Losch, Marlene Dietrich | Bob Dylan, Dylan | Ella Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald | Garland, Judy Garland | Horne, Lena Calhoun Horne, Lena Horne | Iglesias, Julio Iglesias | Jackson, Mahalia Jackson | Jackson, Michael Jackson, Michael Joe Jackson | Al Jolson, Asa Yoelson, Jolson | Janis Joplin, Joplin | B. B. King, King, Riley B King | Harry Lauder, Lauder, Sir Harry MacLennan Lauder | Huddie Leadbetter, Leadbelly, Ledbetter | Madonna, Madonna Louise Ciccone | Bob Marley, Marley, Robert Nesta Marley | Dean Martin, Dino Paul Crocetti, Martin | Ethel Merman, Merman | Orbison, Roy Orbison | Edith Giovanna Gassion, Edith Piaf, Little Sparrow, Piaf | Paul Bustill Robeson, Paul Robeson, Robeson | Lillian Russell, Russell | Paul Simon, Simon | Bessie Smith, Smith | Kate Smith, Kathryn Elizabeth Smith, Smith | Barbra Joan Streisand, Barbra Streisand, Streisand | Sarah Vaughan, Vaughan | Ethel Waters, Waters | Hank Williams, Hiram King Williams, Hiram Williams, Williams | Tammy Wynette, Tammy Wynetter Pugh, Wynette ... show more.

derivation: phonation, vocalisation, vocalism, vocalization, voice, vox | sound, vocalise, vocalize, voice | sing | vocalise, vocalize | sing | sing.