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Formant vs Overtone - What's the difference?

formant | overtone |

As nouns the difference between formant and overtone

is that formant is formant while overtone is (physics|music) a tone whose frequency is an integer multiple of another; a harmonic.

formant

English

Noun

(wikipedia formant) (en noun)
  • (physics) A band of frequencies, in a sound spectrum, that have a greater intensity; they determine the quality of a sound; especially the characteristic sounds of the consonants.
  • a morpheme occurring as an affix to a root or stem, forming an extended root or stem

    • 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