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Treble vs Tenor - What's the difference?

treble | tenor |

In lang=en terms the difference between treble and tenor

is that treble is any of the narrow areas enclosed by the two central circles on a dartboard, worth three times the usual value of the segment while tenor is an exact copy of a writing, set forth in the words and figures of it. It differs from purport, which is only the substance or general import of the instrument.

As an adverb treble

is trebly; triply.

As a verb treble

is to multiply by three; to make into three parts, layers, or thrice the amount.

treble

English

(wikipedia treble)

Adjective

(-)
  • Threefold, triple.
  • * Dryden
    • A lofty tower, and strong on every side / With treble walls.
  • (music) Pertaining to the highest singing voice or part in harmonized music; soprano.
  • * 1957 , :
  • *:He put his cigar in his mouth, and, with his right hand, up in the treble keys, he began to play, in octaves, the melody of a song called "The Kinkajou," which, somewhat notably, had shifted into and ostensibly out of popularity before he was born.
  • High in pitch; shrill.

    • Antonyms

    * (music) bass * (maths) third

    Related terms

    * treble clef * treble staff

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Trebly; triply.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (music) The highest singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition.
  • (music) A person or instrument having a treble voice or pitch; a boy soprano.
  • Any high-pitched or shrill voice or sound.
  • A threefold quantity or number; something having three parts or having been tripled.
  • (darts) Any of the narrow areas enclosed by the two central circles on a dartboard, worth three times the usual value of the segment.
  • (sports) Three goals, victories, awards etc. in a given match or season.
  • * 2014 , Jacob Steinberg, " Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals", The Guardian , 9 March 2014:
    • As for City, a domestic treble is off the cards and they must haul themselves off the floor quickly with the second leg of their last-16 Champions League tie against Barcelona on Wednesday.

    Verb

    (trebl)
  • To multiply by three; to make into three parts, layers, or thrice the amount.
  • To become multiplied by three or increased threefold.
  • To make a shrill or high-pitched noise.
  • To utter in a treble key; to whine.
  • * Chapman
    • He outrageously / (When I accused him) trebled his reply.

    Anagrams

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    tenor

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic, music) Musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus'' and ''contratenor altus , who perform countermelodies.
  • (obsolete) duration; continuance; a state of holding on in a continuous course; general tendency; career.
  • * Gray
    • Along the cool sequestered vale of life / They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.
  • (music) Musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.
  • A person, instrument or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range.
  • Tone, as of a conversation.
  • *
  • (linguistics) The subject in a metaphor to which attributes are ascribed.
  • (finance) Time to maturity of a bond.
  • Stamp; character; nature.
  • * Dryden
    • This success would look like chance, if it were perpetual, and always of the same tenor .
  • (legal) An exact copy of a writing, set forth in the words and figures of it. It differs from purport , which is only the substance or general import of the instrument.
    • (Bouvier)
  • That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
  • * Shakespeare
    • When it [the bond] is paid according to the tenor .
  • * Spart
    • Does not the whole tenor of the divine law positively require humility and meekness to all men?

    Derived terms

    * Old Tenor, Middle Tenor, New Tenor

    Coordinate terms

    * (voice types) soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, contralto (female); countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass (male)

    See also

    * ("tenor" on Wikipedia)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • of or pertaining to the tenor part or range
    • He has a tenor voice.

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