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Cavity vs Tonality - What's the difference?

cavity | tonality |

As nouns the difference between cavity and tonality

is that cavity is a hole or hollow depression while tonality is (music) the system of seven tones built on a tonic key; the 24 major and minor scales.

cavity

English

Noun

(cavities)
  • A hole or hollow depression.
  • A hollow area within the body (such as the sinuses).
  • (dentistry) A soft area in a decayed tooth.
  • Synonyms

    * See also * (dentistry)

    Derived terms

    * buccal cavity * cavity back * cavity batten * cavity coupling * cavity fill * cavity filter * cavity impedence * cavity magnetron * cavity oscillator * cavity radiator * cavity resonance * cavity tray * cavity tuning * cavity vent * cavity wall * oral cavity

    tonality

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia tonality) (tonalities)
  • (music) The system of seven tones built on a tonic key; the 24 major and minor scales.
  • (music) A sound of specific pitch and quality; timbre.
  • (music) The quality of all the tones in a composition heard in relation to the tonic.
  • The interrelation of the tones in a painting.