Metaphor vs. Tenor

Metaphornoun

The use of a word or phrase to refer to something that it is not, invoking a direct similarity between the word or phrase used and the thing described (but in the case of English without the words like or as, which would imply a simile); the word or phrase used in this way; an implied comparison.

Metaphornoun

The use of an everyday object or concept to represent an underlying facet of the computer and thus aid users in performing tasks.

Metaphorverb

(intransitive) To use a metaphor.

Metaphorverb

(transitive) To describe by means of a metaphor.

Metaphornoun

The transference of the relation between one set of objects to another set for the purpose of brief explanation; a compressed simile; e. g., the ship plows the sea.

Metaphornoun

a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity

Metaphornoun

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable

Metaphornoun

a thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else

Metaphor

A metaphor is a figure of speech that, for rhetorical effect, directly refers to one thing by mentioning another. It may provide (or obscure) clarity or identify hidden similarities between two different ideas.

Tenornoun

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

Tenornoun

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

Tenornoun

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

Tenornoun

The lowest tuned in a ring of bells.

Tenornoun

Tone, as of a conversation.

Tenornoun

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

Tenornoun

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

Tenornoun

(finance) Time to maturity of a bond.

Tenornoun

Stamp; character; nature.

Tenornoun

(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.

Tenornoun

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

Tenornoun

An tenor saxophone

Tenoradjective

Of or pertaining to the tenor part or range.

Tenornoun

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

Tenornoun

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

Tenornoun

Stamp; character; nature.

Tenornoun

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.

Tenornoun

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.

Tenornoun

the adult male singing voice above baritone

Tenornoun

the pitch range of the highest male voice

Tenornoun

an adult male with a tenor voice

Tenornoun

pervading note of an utterance;

Tenoradjective

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

Tenoradjective

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

Tenornoun

a singing voice between baritone and alto or countertenor, the highest of the ordinary adult male range

Tenornoun

a singer with a tenor voice.

Tenornoun

a part written for a tenor voice

Tenornoun

an instrument, especially a saxophone, trombone, tuba, or viol, of the second or third lowest pitch in its family

Tenornoun

the largest and deepest bell of a ring or set.

Tenornoun

the general meaning, sense, or content of something

Tenornoun

a settled or prevailing character or direction, especially the course of a person's life or habits

Tenornoun

the actual wording of a document.

Tenornoun

the time that must elapse before a bill of exchange or promissory note becomes due for payment.

Tenor

A tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is one of the highest of the male voice types.