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Tribute vs Theme - What's the difference?

tribute | theme |

As a verb tribute

is .

As a noun theme is

theme, topic.

tribute

Noun

(en noun)
  • An acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift.
  • Please accept this as a tribute of our thanks.
  • * Gray
  • the passing tribute of a sigh
  • A payment made by one nation to another in submission.
  • The Ancient Romans made their conquered countries pay tribute .
  • Extortion; protection money.
  • A payment made by a feudal vassal to his lord.
  • (mining) A certain proportion of the mined ore, or of its value, given to the miner as payment.
  • (Pryce)
    (Tomlinson)

    Synonyms

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    Verb

    (tribut)
  • To pay as tribute.
  • theme

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A subject of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
  • A recurring idea; a motif.
  • (music) The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
  • (film, television) A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time.
  • (computing, figuratively) The collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc., that "skin" an environment towards a particular motif.
  • (grammar) The stem of a word
  • (linguistics) thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb
  • (linguistics) Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.
  • (linguistics) Topic, what is generally being talked about, as opposed to rheme
  • A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.
  • Verb

    (them)
  • (computing) To apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software).