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Intine vs Intone - What's the difference?

intine | intone |

As a noun intine

is the innermost wall of a spore or pollen grain.

As a verb intone is

to give tone or variety of tone to; to vocalize.

intine

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (botany, palynology) The innermost wall of a spore or pollen grain

    • Coordinate terms

    * exine

    Derived terms

    * intinal

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    intone

    English

    Verb

    (inton)
  • (lb) To give tone or variety of tone to; to vocalize.
  • (lb) To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to speak or recite with singing voice; to chant.
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  • *:But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat’s-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.
  • (lb) To utter a tone; utter a protracted sound.

    • Derived terms

    * intonable * intonate * intonation * intonational * intonationally * intonator * intonement * intoner

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