Flat vs. Monotone

Flat vs. Monotone — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Flat and Monotone

Flatadjective

Having no variations in height.

The land around here is flat.

Monotoneadjective

(of speech or a sound) Having a single unvaried pitch.

Flatadjective

Without variations in pitch.

Monotoneadjective

(mathematics) Being, or having the salient properties of, a monotone function.

The function f(x):=x^3 is monotone on \R, while g(x):=x^2 is not.

Flatadjective

(slang) Describing certain features, usually the breasts and/or buttocks, that are extremely small or not visible at all.

That girl is completely flat on both sides.

Monotonenoun

A single unvaried tone of speech or a sound.

When Tima felt like her parents were treating her like a servant, she would speak in monotone and act as though she were a robot.
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Flatadjective

Lowered by one semitone.

Monotonenoun

A piece of writing in one strain throughout.

Flatadjective

(music) Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.

Monotoneverb

(ambitransitive) To speak in a monotone.

Flatadjective

(of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.

Monotonenoun

an unchanging intonation

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Flatadjective

Uninteresting.

The party was a bit flat.

Monotonenoun

a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)

Flatadjective

Of a carbonated drink, with all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.

Monotoneadjective

of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value

Flatadjective

(wine) Lacking acidity without being sweet.

Monotoneadjective

sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch;

the owl's faint monotonous hooting

Flatadjective

(of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead.

Flatadjective

Without spin; spinless.

Flatadjective

(figurative) Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; dull and boring.

The market is flat.The dialogue in your screenplay is flat -- you need to make it more exciting.

Flatadjective

Absolute; downright; peremptory.

His claim was in flat contradiction to experimental results.I'm not going to the party and that's flat.

Flatadjective

sonant; vocal, as distinguished from a sharp (non-sonant) consonant

Flatadjective

(grammar) Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "to".

Many flat adverbs, as in 'run fast', 'buy cheap', etc. are from Old English.

Flatadjective

Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.

Flatadjective

Flattening at the ends.

Flatadjective

Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.

The author created the site to flesh out the books' flatter characters, who were actually quite well developed in her own mind.

Flatadverb

So as to be flat.

Spread the tablecloth flat over the table.

Flatadverb

Bluntly.

I asked him if he wanted to marry me and he turned me down flat.

Flatadverb

Not exceeding.

He can run a mile in four minutes flat.

Flatadverb

Completely.

I am flat broke this month.

Flatadverb

Directly; flatly.

Flatadverb

Without allowance for accrued interest.

Flatnoun

An area of level ground.

Flatnoun

(music) A note played a semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ sign placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).

Flatnoun

A flat tyre/tire.

Flatnoun

(in the plural) A type of ladies' shoes with very low heels.

She liked to walk in her flats more than in her high heels.

Flatnoun

(in the plural) A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.

Flatnoun

(painting) A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolor/watercolour painting.

Flatnoun

The flat part of something:

Flatnoun

(swordfighting) The flat side of a blade, as opposed to the sharp edge.

Flatnoun

The palm of the hand, with the adjacent part of the fingers.

Flatnoun

A wide, shallow container.

a flat of strawberries

Flatnoun

(mail) A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded paper enclosed in large envelopes.

Flatnoun

(geometry) A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.

Flatnoun

A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.

Flatnoun

A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.

Flatnoun

A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.

Flatnoun

A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.

Flatnoun

(mining) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.

Flatnoun

(obsolete) A dull fellow; a simpleton.

Flatnoun

(technical, theatre) A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin that depicts a building or other part of a scene, also called backcloth and backdrop.

Flatnoun

An apartment, usually on one level and usually consisting of more than one room.

Flatverb

(poker slang) To make a flat call; to call without raising.

Flatverb

(intransitive) To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.

Flatverb

To fall from the pitch.

Flatverb

To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.

Flatverb

To make flat; to flatten; to level.

Flatverb

To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.

Flatnoun

a level tract of land

Flatnoun

a shallow box in which seedlings are started

Flatnoun

a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named

Flatnoun

freight car without permanent sides or roof

Flatnoun

a deflated pneumatic tire

Flatnoun

scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting

Flatnoun

a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

Flatadjective

having a horizontal surface in which no part is higher or lower than another;

a flat deskacres of level farmlanda plane surface

Flatadjective

having no depth or thickness

Flatadjective

not modified or restricted by reservations;

a categorical deniala flat refusal

Flatadjective

stretched out and lying at full length along the ground;

found himself lying flat on the floor

Flatadjective

lacking contrast or shading between tones

Flatadjective

lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone;

B flatC sharp

Flatadjective

flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)

Flatadjective

lacking taste or flavor or tang;

a bland dietinsipid hospital foodflavorless supermarket tomatoesvapid beervapid tea

Flatadjective

lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting;

a bland little dramaa flat joke

Flatadjective

having lost effervescence;

flat beera flat cola

Flatadjective

not increasing as the amount taxed increases

Flatadjective

not made with leavening;

most flat breads are made from unleavened dough

Flatadjective

parallel to the ground;

a flat roof

Flatadjective

without pleats

Flatadjective

lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth;

a film with two-dimensional charactersa flat two-dimensional painting

Flatadjective

(of a tire) completely or partially deflated

Flatadjective

not reflecting light; not glossy;

flat wall painta photograph with a matte finish

Flatadjective

lacking variety in shading;

a flat unshaded painting

Flatadverb

at full length;

he fell flat on his face

Flatadverb

with flat sails;

sail flat against the wind

Flatadverb

below the proper pitch;

she sang flat last night

Flatadverb

against a flat surface;

he lay flat on his back

Flatadverb

in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly;

he didn't answer directlytold me straight outcame out flat for less work and more pay

Flatadverb

wholly or completely;

He is flat broke