Soprano vs. Tenor: What's the Difference?

The highest singing voice of a woman or young boy.

The general course or character of something

A singer having such a voice.

The word, phrase, or subject with which the vehicle of a metaphor is identified, as life in "Life's but a walking shadow" (Shakespeare).

The tonal range characteristic of a soprano.

The general meaning; the purport or drift

An instrument that sounds within this range.

The highest natural adult male voice.

A vocal or instrumental part written within this range.

One who sings this part.

Musical part or section higher in pitch than alto and other sections.

An instrument that sounds within this range.

Person or instrument that performs the soprano part.

A vocal or instrumental part written within this range.

To sing or utter with high pitch.

(music) A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.

The treble; the highest vocal register; the highest kind of female or boy's voice; the upper part in harmony for mixed voices.

A person, instrument, or group that performs in the tenor higher than bass and lower than alto range.

A female singer

A musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus and contratenor altus, who perform countermelodies.

The highest female voice; the voice of a boy before puberty

The lowest tuned in a ring of bells.

The pitch range of the highest female voice

Tone, as of a conversation.

Having or denoting a high range;

(obsolete) duration; continuance; a state of holding on in a continuous course; general tendency; career.

(linguistics) The subject in a metaphor to which attributes are ascribed.

(finance) Time to maturity of a bond.

Stamp; character; nature.

(legal) An exact copy of a writing, set forth in the words and figures of it. It differs from purport, which is only the substance or general import of the instrument.

That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.

A tenor saxophone.

Of or pertaining to the tenor part or range.

A state of holding on in a continuous course; manner of continuity; constant mode; general tendency; course; career.

That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.

Stamp; character; nature.

An exact copy of a writing, set forth in the words and figures of it. It differs from purport, which is only the substance or general import of the instrument.

The higher of the two kinds of voices usually belonging to adult males; hence, the part in the harmony adapted to this voice; the second of the four parts in the scale of sounds, reckoning from the base, and originally the air, to which the other parts were auxillary.

The adult male singing voice above baritone

The pitch range of the highest male voice

An adult male with a tenor voice

Pervading note of an utterance;

(of a musical instrument) intermediate between alto and baritone or bass;

Of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice;