Tone vs. Tune

A sound of distinct pitch, quality, and duration; a note.

A melody, especially a simple and easily remembered one.

The interval of a major second in the diatonic scale; a whole step.

A song.

A recitational melody in a Gregorian chant.

The state of being in correct pitch

The quality or character of sound.

(Obsolete) A musical tone.

The characteristic quality or timbre of a particular instrument or voice.

Concord or agreement; harmony

The pitch of a word used to determine its meaning or to distinguish differences in meaning.

(Archaic) Frame of mind; disposition.

The particular or relative pitch of a word, phrase, or sentence.

(Electronics) Adjustment of a receiver or circuit for maximum response to a given signal or frequency.

Manner of expression in speech or writing

(Music) To put into proper pitch

A general quality, effect, or atmosphere

(Archaic) To utter musically; sing.

A color or shade of color

To adjust (an electronic receiver) to a desired frequency.

Quality of color

To adjust (an electronic circuit) so as to make it resonant with a given input signal.

The general effect in painting of light, color, and shade.

To adjust (an engine, for example) for maximum usability or performance.

The normal state of elastic tension or partial contraction in resting muscles.

To adjust the wavelength output of (a laser).

Normal firmness of a tissue or an organ.

To become attuned.

To give a particular tone or inflection to.

A melody.

To soften or change the color of (a painting or photographic negative, for example).

A song, or short musical composition.

To sound monotonously; intone.

(informal) The act of tuning or maintenance.

To make firmer or stronger. Often used with up

The state or condition of being correctly tuned.

To assume a particular color quality.

(obsolete) Temper; frame of mind.

To harmonize in color.

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

(music) A specific pitch.

(obsolete) Order; harmony; concord.

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

Used to show appreciation or approval of a song.

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

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

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

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

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

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

(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.

Of faculties, senses, etc.: to adapt to or direct towards a particular target.

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

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

(obsolete) State of mind; temper; mood.

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

The shade or quality of a colour.

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

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

(obsolete) To sing with melody or harmony.

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

To be impudent towards; to cheek.

(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.

(fandom slang) to adjust the parameters of singing voice synthesis software such as VOCALOID (in order to achieve certain singing techniques, increase the human quality of the voice, etc.)

(biology) Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.

A sound; a note; a tone.

A gun

A rhythmical, melodious, symmetrical series of tones for one voice or instrument, or for any number of voices or instruments in unison, or two or more such series forming parts in harmony; a melody; an air; as, a merry tune; a mournful tune; a slow tune; a psalm tune. See Air.

(figuratively)

Order; harmony; concord; fit disposition, temper, or humor; right mood.

The general character, atmosphere, mood, or vibe (of a situation, place, etc.).

To put into a state adapted to produce the proper sounds; to harmonize, to cause to be in tune; to correct the tone of; as, to tune a piano or a violin.

(Chiefly in the form lower/raise the tone of something) The quality of being respectable or admirable.

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

(transitive) to give a particular tone to

To sing with melody or harmony.

(transitive) to change the colour of

To put into a proper state or disposition.

(transitive) to make (something) firmer

To form one sound to another; to form accordant musical sounds.

(transitive) to utter with an affected tone.

To utter inarticulate harmony with the voice; to sing without pronouncing words; to hum.

The one (of two)

A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence;

Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet, or harsh tone.

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

Accent, or inflection or modulation of the voice, as adapted to express emotion or passion.

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

A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm ahd a regular rise and fall of the voice; as, children often read with a tone.

Adjust for (better) functioning;

A sound considered as to pitch; as, the seven tones of the octave; she has good high tones.

Of musical instruments;

That state of a body, or of any of its organs or parts, in which the animal functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.

Tonicity; as, arterial tone.

State of mind; temper; mood.

Tenor; character; spirit; drift; as, the tone of his remarks was commendatory.

General or prevailing character or style, as of morals, manners, or sentiment, in reference to a scale of high and low; as, a low tone of morals; a tone of elevated sentiment; a courtly tone of manners.

The general effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, together with color in the case of a painting; - commonly used in a favorable sense; as, this picture has tone.

Quality, with respect to attendant feeling; the more or less variable complex of emotion accompanying and characterizing a sensation or a conceptual state; as, feeling tone; color tone.

Color quality proper; - called also hue. Also, a gradation of color, either a hue, or a tint or shade.

The condition of normal balance of a healthy plant in its relations to light, heat, and moisture.

To utter with an affected tone.

To bring, as a print, to a certain required shade of color, as by chemical treatment.

The quality of a person's voice;

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

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

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

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

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

A steady sound without overtones;

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

A musical interval of two semitones

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

Utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically;

Of one's speech, varying the pitch

Change the color or tone of;

Change to a color image;

Give a healthy elasticity to;