Tone vs Feeling - What's the difference?
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(music) A specific pitch.
(music) (in the diatonic scale ) An interval of a major second.
(music) (in a Gregorian chant ) A recitational melody.
The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
General character, mood, or trend.
(linguistics) The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.
(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.
(literature) The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.
* W. C. Bryant
(obsolete) State of mind; temper; mood.
* Bolingbroke
The shade or quality of a colour.
The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.
The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ. see also: tonus
(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.
(biology) Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
to give a particular tone to
to change the colour of
to make (something) firmer
to harmonize, especially in colour
To utter with an affected tone.
The one (of two).
*, Bk.X, Ch.lxiij:
*:So wythin the thirde day, there cam to the cité thes two brethirne: the tone hyght Sir Helyus and the other hyght Helake
Emotionally sensitive.
Expressive of great sensibility; attended by, or evincing, sensibility.
Sensation, particularly through the skin.
Emotion; impression.
Emotional state or well-being.
Emotional attraction or desire.
Intuition.
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An opinion, an attitude.
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Tone is a related term of feeling.
As nouns the difference between tone and feeling
is that tone is while feeling is sensation, particularly through the skin.As an adjective feeling is
emotionally sensitive.As a verb feeling is
.tone
English
(wikipedia tone)Etymology 1
From (etyl) ton, from (etyl)Noun
(en noun)- Her rousing speech gave an upbeat tone to the rest of the evening.
- Children often read with a tone .
- Their tone was dissatisfied, almost menacing.
- The strange situation I am in and the melancholy state of public affairs, from a philosophical tone or temper, to the drudgery of private and public business.
- This picture has tone .
Synonyms
* (an interval of a major second ): whole toneDerived terms
* dial tone * halftone * muscle tone * semitone * tonebar, tone bar * tone of voiceVerb
(ton)Synonyms
* (give a particular tone to) * (change the colour of) color/colour, dye, paint, tint * (make firmer) firm, firm up, tone up * (harmonize) harmonise/harmonize * (utter with an affected tone)Derived terms
* toned * tone down * toner * tone up * tony, toney (affected tone)Etymology 2
From (etyl) tone, ton, toon, from the incorrect division of ; see also (l).Pronoun
(English Pronouns)Statistics
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* Eton * note ----feeling
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Despite the rough voice, the coach is surprisingly feeling .
- He made a feeling representation of his wrongs.
Noun
(en noun)- The wool on my arm produced a strange feeling .
- The house gave me a feeling of dread.
- You really hurt my feelings when you said that.
- Many people still have feelings for their first love.
- He has no feeling for what he can say to somebody in such a fragile emotional condition.
- Got on a lucky one
- Came in eighteen to one
- I've got a feeling
- This year's for me and you
- I've got a funny feeling that this isn't going to work.