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Cue vs Overtone - What's the difference?

cue | overtone |

As nouns the difference between cue and overtone

is that cue is an action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something while overtone is a tone whose frequency is an integer multiple of another; a harmonic.

As a verb cue

is to give someone a cue signal.

As an acronym CUE

is clear and Unmistakable Error; legal standard for appeal of a decision by a Board of Veterans Appeals in the United States.

cue

English

(wikipedia cue)

Etymology 1

From the letter Q, abbreviation of (etyl) quando (“when”), marked on actor's play copy where they were to begin.

Noun

(en noun)
  • An action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=November 3 , author=Chris Bevan , title=Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=This time Cudicini was left helpless when Natcho stepped up to expertly curl the ball into the top corner.
    That was the cue for further pressure from the Russian side and it took further Cudicini saves to keep the score down.}}
  • The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next actor to speak; any word or words which serve to remind an actor to speak or to do something; a catchword.
  • * Shakespeare
    • When my cue comes, call me, and I will answer.
  • A hint or intimation.
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • Give them [the servants] their cue to attend in two lines as he leaves the house.
  • (obsolete) Humour; temper of mind.
  • (obsolete, UK, universities) A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing and noted with a q (for (etyl) quadrans farthing) in the buttery books.
  • * Hast thou suck'd Philosophy, ate cues , drank cees?
    • (quadrans)
    See also
    *
    Derived terms
    * on cue * sensory cue

    Verb

  • To give someone a cue signal.
    • Cue the cameraman, and action!
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 27 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992) , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=The episode also opens with an inspired bit of business for Homer, who blithely refuses to acquiesce to an elderly neighbor’s utterly reasonable request that he help make the process of selling her house easier by wearing pants when he gallivants about in front of windows, throw out his impressive collection of rotting Jack-O-Lanterns from previous Halloweens and take out his garbage, as it’s attracting wildlife (cue moose and Northern Exposure theme song).}}

    Etymology 2

    Variant of queue .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in various games.
  • (obsolete) The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.
    • Derived terms
    * cue ball

    Verb

  • (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To take aim on the cue ball with the cue and hit it.
  • To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.
    • Synonyms
    * cue up

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    overtone

    English

    (wikipedia overtone)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (physics, music) A tone whose frequency is an integer multiple of another; a harmonic
  • An implicit message (in a film, book, verbal discussion or similar) perceived as overwhelming the explicit message. See undertone.
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 23 , author=Angelique Chrisafis , title=François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=The lawyer and twice-divorced mother of three had presented herself as the modern face of her party, trying to strip it of unsavoury overtones after her father's convictions for saying the Nazi occupation of France was not "particularly inhumane".}}

    Related terms

    * overtoning