Tone vs. Voice

Tonenoun

(music) A specific pitch.

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

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

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

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General character, mood, or trend.

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

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(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.

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

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(obsolete) State of mind; temper; mood.

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The shade or quality of a colour.

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

Tonenoun

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

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.

Tonenoun

(biology) Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.

Toneverb

(transitive) to give a particular tone to

Toneverb

(transitive) to change the colour of

Toneverb

(transitive) to make (something) firmer

Toneverb

(intransitive) to harmonize, especially in colour

Toneverb

(transitive) To utter with an affected tone.

Tonepronoun

The one (of two).

Tonenoun

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.

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

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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.

Tonenoun

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

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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.

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Tonicity; as, arterial tone.

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State of mind; temper; mood.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

Toneverb

To utter with an affected tone.

Toneverb

To give tone, or a particular tone, to; to tune. See Tune, v. t.

Toneverb

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

Tonenoun

the quality of a person's voice;

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

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

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

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

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

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a steady sound without overtones;

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

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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;

Toneverb

utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically;

Toneverb

of one's speech, varying the pitch

Toneverb

change the color or tone of;

Toneverb

change to a color image;

Toneverb

give a healthy elasticity to;

Tonenoun

a musical or vocal sound with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength

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a modulation of the voice expressing a particular feeling or mood

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a musical note or other sound used as a signal on a telephone or answering machine.

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the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.

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an atmosphere of respectability or class

Tonenoun

a basic interval in classical Western music, equal to two semitones and separating, for example, the first and second notes of an ordinary scale (such as C and D, or E and F sharp); a major second

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the particular quality of brightness, deepness, or hue of a shade of a colour

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the general effect of colour or of light and shade in a picture.

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a slight degree of difference in the intensity of a colour.

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(in some languages, such as Chinese) a particular pitch pattern on a syllable used to make semantic distinctions.

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(in some languages, such as English) intonation on a word or phrase used to add functional meaning.

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the normal level of firmness or slight contraction in a resting muscle

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the normal level of activity in a nerve fibre

Toneverb

give greater strength or firmness to (the body or a muscle)

Toneverb

(of a muscle or other bodily part) became stronger or firmer

Toneverb

harmonize with (something) in terms of colour

Toneverb

give (a monochrome picture) an altered colour in finishing by means of a chemical solution

Voicenoun

Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character

Voicenoun

(phonetics) Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.

Voicenoun

The tone or sound emitted by an object

Voicenoun

The faculty or power of utterance

Voicenoun

That which is communicated; message; meaning.

Voicenoun

An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered

Voicenoun

(archaic) Command; precept.

Voicenoun

One who speaks; a speaker.

Voicenoun

(literature) A particular style or way of writing that expresses a certain tone or feeling.

Voicenoun

(grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.

Voicenoun

(music) In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.

Voicenoun

A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether or not they can send messages to the channel.

Voiceverb

(transitive) To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce

Voiceverb

To utter audibly, with tone and not just breath.

Voiceverb

(transitive) To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of

Voiceverb

To vote; to elect; to appoint

Voiceverb

To clamor; to cry out

Voiceverb

To assign the voice flag to a user on IRC, permitting them to send messages to the channel.

Voiceverb

To act as a voice actor to portray a character.

Voicenoun

Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character; as, the human voice; a pleasant voice; a low voice.

Voicenoun

Sound of the kind or quality heard in speech or song in the consonants b, v, d, etc., and in the vowels; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; - distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in f, s, sh, etc., and also whisper.

Voicenoun

The tone or sound emitted by anything.

Voicenoun

The faculty or power of utterance; as, to cultivate the voice.

Voicenoun

Language; words; speech; expression; signification of feeling or opinion.

Voicenoun

Opinion or choice expressed; judgment; a vote.

Voicenoun

Command; precept; - now chiefly used in scriptural language.

Voicenoun

One who speaks; a speaker.

Voicenoun

A particular mode of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.

Voiceverb

To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce; to divulge; as, to voice the sentiments of the nation.

Voiceverb

To utter with sonant or vocal tone; to pronounce with a narrowed glottis and rapid vibrations of the vocal cords; to speak above a whisper.

Voiceverb

To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of; as, to voice the pipes of an organ.

Voiceverb

To vote; to elect; to appoint.

Voiceverb

To clamor; to cry out.

Voicenoun

the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech;

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the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract;

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a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance;

Voicenoun

expressing in coherent verbal form;

Voicenoun

a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated;

Voicenoun

something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression;

Voicenoun

(metonymy) a singer;

Voicenoun

an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose;

Voicenoun

the ability to speak;

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(linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes

Voicenoun

the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music;

Voiceverb

give voice to;

Voiceverb

utter with vibrating vocal chords