Toon vs. Tune

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

Toonnoun

(informal) A cartoon, especially an animated television show.

Tunenoun

A melody.

Toonnoun

A player's avatar or visible character in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game.

Tunenoun

A song, or short musical composition.

Toonnoun

or looney toon, alternative forms of loony tune, which see.

Tunenoun

(informal) The act of tuning or maintenance.

Your engine needs a good tune.
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Toonnoun

A southeast Asian and Australian tree (Toona ciliata or Toona australis) of the mahogany family with fragrant dark red wood and flowers that yield a dye.

Tunenoun

The state or condition of being correctly tuned.

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

Toonnoun

The wood of this tree.

Tunenoun

(obsolete) Temper; frame of mind.

Toonnoun

(Geordie) A town.

Tunenoun

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

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Tunenoun

(obsolete) Order; harmony; concord.

Tuneinterjection

Used to show appreciation or approval of a song.

You heard the new Rizzle Kicks song? — Tune!

Tuneverb

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

to tune a piano or a violin

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.

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.

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.

Tuneverb

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

Tuneverb

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

Tuneverb

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

Tuneverb

(obsolete) To sing with melody or harmony.

Tuneverb

To cheek; to be impudent towards.

Are you tuning me?

Tunenoun

a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence;

she was humming an air from Beethoven

Tunenoun

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

he cannot sing in tunethe clarinet was out of tune

Tunenoun

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

Tuneverb

adjust for (better) functioning;

tune the engine

Tuneverb

of musical instruments;

My piano needs to be tuned