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Allomone vs Allotone - What's the difference?

allomone | allotone |

As nouns the difference between allomone and allotone

is that allomone is (biology) any substance emitted by a member of one species that affects the behaviour of another to the advantage of the emitter but not the receiver while allotone is (phonetics) any of the pitch allophones of a pitch phoneme.

allomone

English

(wikipedia allomone)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biology) Any substance emitted by a member of one species that affects the behaviour of another to the advantage of the emitter but not the receiver.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "allomone")

    See also

    * semiochemical * (l) * (l) * (l)

    allotone

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (phonetics) Any of the pitch allophones of a pitch phoneme.