 When using the full bow hair, the bow bounces more and has a shorter character, while when the bow hair is angled, the character of the spiccato becomes more mellow and longer.According to David Boyden and Peter Walls in "The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians", the terms "spiccato" and "staccato" were regarded as equivalent before the mid-18th century.They cite, for example, Sébastien de Brossard's "Dictionnaire de musique", 1703, and Michel Corrette's "L'École d'Orphée", 1738.