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Tinge vs Tonality - What's the difference?

tinge | tonality |

As nouns the difference between tinge and tonality

is that tinge is a small amount of something, especially of an added color while tonality is the system of seven tones built on a tonic key; the 24 major and minor scales.

As a verb tinge

is to add a small amount of color; to tint.

tinge

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small amount of something, especially of an added color.
  • The degree of vividness of a color; shade, hue or tint.

    • Verb

  • To add a small amount of color; to tint.
  • To imbue or impregnate.
  • * Addison
    • His virtues, as well as imperfections, are tinged by a certain extravagance.

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    tonality

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia tonality) (tonalities)
  • (music) The system of seven tones built on a tonic key; the 24 major and minor scales.
  • (music) A sound of specific pitch and quality; timbre.
  • (music) The quality of all the tones in a composition heard in relation to the tonic.
  • The interrelation of the tones in a painting.