Tone vs Them - What's the difference?
tone | them |
(music) A specific pitch.
(music) (in the diatonic scale ) An interval of a major second.
(music) (in a Gregorian chant ) A recitational melody.
The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
General character, mood, or trend.
(linguistics) The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.
(dated) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm and a regular rise and fall of the voice.
(literature) The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.
* W. C. Bryant
(obsolete) State of mind; temper; mood.
* Bolingbroke
The shade or quality of a colour.
The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.
The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ. see also: tonus
(biology) The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.
(biology) Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
to give a particular tone to
to change the colour of
to make (something) firmer
to harmonize, especially in colour
To utter with an affected tone.
The one (of two).
*, Bk.X, Ch.lxiij:
*:So wythin the thirde day, there cam to the cité thes two brethirne: the tone hyght Sir Helyus and the other hyght Helake
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(dialectal) those
* 2005 , Elmer Kelton, Sons of Texas , Tor/Forge (2005), page 111:
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As a noun tone
is .As an adjective them is
additional.As a conjunction them is
plus.As a verb them is
to increase.tone
English
(wikipedia tone)Etymology 1
From (etyl) ton, from (etyl)Noun
(en noun)- Her rousing speech gave an upbeat tone to the rest of the evening.
- Children often read with a tone .
- Their tone was dissatisfied, almost menacing.
- The strange situation I am in and the melancholy state of public affairs, from a philosophical tone or temper, to the drudgery of private and public business.
- This picture has tone .
Synonyms
* (an interval of a major second ): whole toneDerived terms
* dial tone * halftone * muscle tone * semitone * tonebar, tone bar * tone of voiceVerb
(ton)Synonyms
* (give a particular tone to) * (change the colour of) color/colour, dye, paint, tint * (make firmer) firm, firm up, tone up * (harmonize) harmonise/harmonize * (utter with an affected tone)Derived terms
* toned * tone down * toner * tone up * tony, toney (affected tone)Etymology 2
From (etyl) tone, ton, toon, from the incorrect division of ; see also (l).Pronoun
(English Pronouns)Statistics
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* Eton * note ----them
English
(wikipedia them)Pronoun
- Give it to them . (after preposition)
- She wrote them a letter. (indirect object)
- She treated them for a cold. (direct object)
- If someone comes and asks for the ticket, just give it to them . (after preposition)
- If one of my patients calls, please bring them their dinner. (indirect object)
- If a student has an inappropriate question, whatever you do, do not berate them . (direct object)
- If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, [t]hen shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
Usage notes
* Regarding the use of singular them , see they .See also
(English personal pronouns)Determiner
(en determiner)- " Them two wild horses ain't fit to ride, and I been wonderin' how I was goin' to get you out of this place before them Spanish maybe circle back and finish the job."
- Them kids need to grow up.