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Tonal vs Hijack - What's the difference?

tonal | hijack |

As nouns the difference between tonal and hijack

is that tonal is an animal companion which accompanies a person from birth to death while hijack is an instance of hijacking; the illegal seizure of a vehicle.

As an adjective tonal

is of or relating to tones or tonality.

As a verb hijack is

to forcibly stop and seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).

tonal

English

Etymology 1

(wikipedia tonal)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or relating to tones or tonality.
  • (music) Employing tones that have a predictable relationship to some tonic.
  • (linguistics) Employing differences in pitch (tones) to distinguish differences in the meaning of otherwise similar words (words which would otherwise be homophonic).
  • Antonyms
    * atonal

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Alternative forms

    * tona, tonalli

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An animal companion which accompanies a person from birth to death.
  • * 1989 , Robert Bartley Taylor, Indians of Middle America: an introduction to the ethnology of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean , page 122:
  • When a tonal suffers misfortune or death, the same thing happens to the person associated with it.
    See also
    * nahual

    Anagrams

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    hijack

    English

    (wikipedia hijack)

    Alternative forms

    * hi-jack, highjack

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To forcibly stop and seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).
  • To seize control of some process or resource to achieve a purpose other than its originally intended one.
  • (computing) To seize control of a networked computer by means of infecting it with a worm or other malware, thereby turning it into a zombie.
  • (computing) To change software settings without a user's knowledge so as to force that user to visit a certain web site (to hijack a browser ).
  • (politics) To introduce an amendment deleting the contents of a bill and inserting entirely new provisions.
  • Derived terms

    * hijackable * carjack * seajack

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance of hijacking; the illegal seizure of a vehicle.
  • An instance of a seizure and redirection of a process.
  • (politics) An amendment which deletes the contents of a bill and inserts entirely new provisions.
  • (poker slang) Preflop, the position two before the dealer.