upstep

As nouns the difference between terms and upstep

is that terms is while upstep is an upward shift of tone between the syllables or words of a tonal language.

As a verb unstep

is to remove (the mast) from a sailing vessel.

As a noun upstep is

an upward shift of tone between the syllables or words of a tonal language.

As nouns the difference between downstep and upstep

is that downstep is a downward shift of tone between the syllables or words of a tonal language while upstep is an upward shift of tone between the syllables or words of a tonal language.

As nouns the difference between language and upstep

is that language is a body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication while upstep is an upward shift of tone between the syllables or words of a tonal language.

As a verb language

is to communicate by language; to express in language.

As nouns the difference between tonal and upstep

is that tonal is an animal companion which accompanies a person from birth to death while upstep is an upward shift of tone between the syllables or words of a tonal language.

As an adjective tonal

is of or relating to tones or tonality.

As nouns the difference between syllable and upstep

is that syllable is (linguistics) a unit of human speech that is interpreted by the listener as a single sound, although syllables usually consist of one or more vowel sounds, either alone or combined with the sound of one or more consonants; a word consists of one or more syllables while upstep is an upward shift of tone between the syllables or words of a tonal language.

As a verb syllable

is (poetic) to utter in syllables.

As nouns the difference between tone and upstep

is that tone is while upstep is an upward shift of tone between the syllables or words of a tonal language.