Tone vs. Tune
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.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.
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 violinTonenoun
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 BeethovenToneverb
(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 tuneTonepronoun
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 voiceTuneverb
adjust for (better) functioning;
tune the engineTonenoun
(linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages;
the Beijing dialect uses four tonesTuneverb
of musical instruments;
My piano needs to be tunedTonenoun
(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 meetTonenoun
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 treasonTonenoun
a quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color;
after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wantedTonenoun
a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound;
the singer held the note too longTonenoun
a steady sound without overtones;
they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequenciesTonenoun
the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli;
the doctor tested my tonicityTonenoun
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 welcomeToneverb
utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically;
The students chanted the same slogan over and over againToneverb
of one's speech, varying the pitch
Toneverb
change the color or tone of;
tone a negativeToneverb
change to a color image;
tone a photographic imageToneverb
give a healthy elasticity to;
Let's tone our muscles
