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Tune vs Kangaroo - What's the difference?

tune | kangaroo |

As nouns the difference between tune and kangaroo

is that tune is a melody while kangaroo is a member of the macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to australia.

As verbs the difference between tune and kangaroo

is that tune is to modify a musical instrument so that it produces the correct pitches while kangaroo is to practice kangaroo care on an infant; to hold a premature infant against the skin.

tune

English

(wikipedia tune)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A melody.
  • A song, or short musical composition.
  • (informal) The act of tuning or maintenance.
    • Your engine needs a good tune .
  • The state or condition of being correctly tuned.
    • Your engine is now in tune .
    This piano is not in tune .
  • (UK, slang) A very good song.
    • You heard the new Rizzle Kicks song? —Mate, that is a tune !
  • (obsolete) A sound; a note; a tone.
  • * Shakespeare
    • the tune of your voices
  • (obsolete) Order; harmony; concord.
  • * John Locke
    • A child will learn three times as much when he is in tune , as when he is dragged unwillingly to [his task].

    Derived terms

    * change one's tune * in tune * out of tune * to the tune of * carry a tune

    Related terms

    * tone

    Verb

    (tun)
  • To modify a musical instrument so that it produces the correct pitches.
    • to tune a piano or a violin
  • * Dryden
    • Tune your harps.
  • To adjust a mechanical, electric or electronic device (such as a radio or a car engine) so that it functions optimally.
  • To make more precise, intense, or effective; to put into a proper state or disposition.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • To give tone to; to attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.
  • * Milton
    • For now to sorrow must I tune my song.
  • To sing with melody or harmony.
  • * Milton
    • Fountains, and ye, that warble, as ye flow, / Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
  • (South Africa, slang, transitive) To cheek; to be impudent towards.
    • Are you tuning me?

    Derived terms

    * fine-tune * stay tuned * tune in * * tuner * tune out * tune up

    Related terms

    * attune

    External links

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    kangaroo

    English

    (wikipedia kangaroo)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to Australia.
  • * 1770 , (James Cook), Journal , 4 August 1770 [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8106]:
    • Besides the Animals which I have before mentioned, called by the Natives Kangooroo', or ' Kanguru […].
  • * 1814 , (Matthew Flinders), A Voyage to Terra Australis :
    • In the woods are the kanguroo , the emu or cassowary, paroquets, and a variety of small birds […].
  • (Canada, attributive) A hooded jacket with a front pocket, usually of fleece material, a kangaroo jacket.

    • Synonyms

    * (Macropodidae) macropod, roo * (jacket) bunny hug, hoodie, kangaroo jacket

    Derived terms

    * antelope kangaroo, antilopine kangaroo * banded kangaroo * brush kangaroo * eastern grey kangaroo * forest kangaroo * giant kangaroo * great kangaroo * hare-kangaroo * kangaroo apple * kangaroo ball * kangaroo bar * kangaroo bear * kangaroo-beetle * kangaroo care * kangaroo closure * kangaroo code * kangaroo court * Kangaroo Defence, Kangaroo Defense * kangaroo-dog * kangaroo-fly * kangaroo-foot plant * kangaroo grass * kangaroo hare * kangaroo-hop * (Kangaroo Hoppet) * kangaroo-hound * (Kangaroo Island) * kangaroo jerboa * kangaroo justice * kangaroo meat * kangaroo mother care, kangaroo mother method * kangaroo mouse * kangaroo paw * kangaroo ship * kangaroo rat * kangaroo route * kangaroo's-foot, kangaroo's-foot plant * kangaroo-shoot * kangaroo-shooter * kangaroo-shooting * kangaroo skin * kangaroo-thorn * Kangaroo Tour * kangaroo trial * kangaroo unicycle * kangaroo vine * kangaroo word * musk kangaroo * rat-kangaroo * red kangaroo * rock kangaroo * roo * tree kangaroo * western grey kangaroo

    See also

    * joey * marsupial * (Resemblance of the folk-etymologies ) * wallaby

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To practice kangaroo care on an infant; to hold a premature infant against the skin.
  • To hunt kangaroo.

    • References

    * , Australian Aboriginal Words , Oxford University Press, 1990, ISBN 0-19-553099-3 * ----