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Tonality vs Inflection - What's the difference?

tonality | inflection |

As nouns the difference between tonality and inflection

is that tonality is the system of seven tones built on a tonic key; the 24 major and minor scales while inflection is a change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function.

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.

    • inflection

    English

    (wikipedia inflection)

    Alternative forms

    * inflexion

    Noun

  • (grammar) A change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function.
    • an inflection for gender, number, or tense
  • A change in pitch or tone of voice.
  • (mathematics) A change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave.
  • A turning away from a straight course.
  • (optometry) diffraction

    • Synonyms

    * flection * flexion

    Hyponyms

    * (grammar) conjugation * (grammar) declension

    Related terms

    * inflect * inflected