Tone vs. Tune

Tone vs. Tune — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Tone and Tune

Tonenoun

(music) A specific pitch.

Tunenoun

A melody.

Tonenoun

(music) (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.

Tunenoun

A song, or short musical composition.

Tonenoun

(music) (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.

Tunenoun

(informal) The act of tuning or maintenance.

Your engine needs a good tune.
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Tonenoun

The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.

Tunenoun

The state or condition of being correctly tuned.

Your engine is now in tune.This piano is not in tune.

Tonenoun

General character, mood, or trend.

Her rousing speech gave an upbeat tone to the rest of the evening.

Tunenoun

(obsolete) Temper; frame of mind.

Tonenoun

(linguistics) The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.

Tunenoun

(obsolete) A sound; a note; a tone.

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Tonenoun

(dated) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm and a regular rise and fall of the voice.

Children often read with a tone.

Tunenoun

(obsolete) Order; harmony; concord.

Tonenoun

(literature) The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.

Tuneinterjection

Used to show appreciation or approval of a song.

You heard the new Rizzle Kicks song? — Tune!

Tonenoun

(obsolete) State of mind; temper; mood.

Tuneverb

To adjust (a musical instrument) so that it produces the correct pitches.

to tune a piano or a violin

Tonenoun

The shade or quality of a colour.

Tuneverb

To adjust or modify (esp. a mechanical or electrical device) so that it functions optimally.

Tuning the engine gave me an extra twenty horsepower.Tune your mind, and anything becomes possible.

Tonenoun

The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.

This picture has tone.

Tuneverb

To adjust the frequency on a radio or TV set, so as to receive the desired channel.

Tune to Channel 6 for all your favourite daytime shows.

Tonenoun

The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ. see also: tonus

Tuneverb

(e.g. of senses or faculties) To adapt to or direct towards a particular target.

My ears were tuned to the sounds of the forest.

Tonenoun

(biology) The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.

Tuneverb

To make more precise, intense, or effective; to put into a proper state or disposition.

Tonenoun

(biology) Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.

Tuneverb

To attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.

Toneverb

(transitive) to give a particular tone to

Tuneverb

(transitive) To give a certain tone or character to.

Toneverb

(transitive) to change the colour of

Tuneverb

(obsolete) To sing with melody or harmony.

Toneverb

(transitive) to make (something) firmer

Tuneverb

To cheek; to be impudent towards.

Are you tuning me?

Toneverb

(intransitive) to harmonize, especially in colour

Tunenoun

a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence;

she was humming an air from Beethoven

Toneverb

(transitive) To utter with an affected tone.

Tunenoun

the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch;

he cannot sing in tunethe clarinet was out of tune

Tonepronoun

The one (of two).

Tunenoun

the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency

Tonenoun

the quality of a person's voice;

he began in a conversational tonehe spoke in a nervous tone of voice

Tuneverb

adjust for (better) functioning;

tune the engine

Tonenoun

(linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages;

the Beijing dialect uses four tones

Tuneverb

of musical instruments;

My piano needs to be tuned

Tonenoun

(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound);

the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovelythe muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet

Tonenoun

the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people;

the feel of the city excited hima clergyman improved the tone of the meetingit had the smell of treason

Tonenoun

a quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color;

after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted

Tonenoun

a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound;

the singer held the note too long

Tonenoun

a steady sound without overtones;

they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies

Tonenoun

the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli;

the doctor tested my tonicity

Tonenoun

a musical interval of two semitones

Tonenoun

the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author;

the general tone of articles appearing in the newspapers is that the government should withdrawfrom the tone of her behavior I gathered that I had outstayed my welcome

Toneverb

utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically;

The students chanted the same slogan over and over again

Toneverb

of one's speech, varying the pitch

Toneverb

change the color or tone of;

tone a negative

Toneverb

change to a color image;

tone a photographic image

Toneverb

give a healthy elasticity to;

Let's tone our muscles