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Triton vs Tritone - What's the difference?

triton | tritone |

As proper nouns the difference between triton and tritone

is that triton is triton (moon of neptune) while tritone is triton.

triton

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (physics) the atomic nucleus of a tritium atom, consisting of a proton and two neutrons
  • any of several marine gastropods of the family having a pointed spiral shell

    • Synonyms

    * (l) (l) * (tritium ion)

    Hypernyms

    * (hydrogen ion)

    Coordinate terms

    * (bare nuclei of hydrogen) proton, deuteron, triton * , p (protium ion) * (deuterium ion)

    tritone

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (music) An interval of three whole tones.
  • * {{quote-news, 2007, February 17, Ben Ratliff, For Some Unmellowed Metalheads, Middle Age Is Nothing to Fear, New York Times citation
    • , passage=The mini-epic “Seasons in the Abyss,” with its ringing tritone interval at the beginning, its extended solos, its medium tempo, was as close as Slayer got to a groove. }}
    The tritone has a pitch ratio close to 17:12.

    Synonyms

    *

    Abbreviations

    * TT

    Related terms

    * augmented fourth * diminished fifth