Tune vs Setup - What's the difference?
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A melody.
A song, or short musical composition.
(informal) The act of tuning or maintenance.
The state or condition of being correctly tuned.
(UK, slang) A very good song.
(obsolete) A sound; a note; a tone.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) Order; harmony; concord.
* John Locke
To modify a musical instrument so that it produces the correct pitches.
* Dryden
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.
To give tone to; to attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.
* Milton
To sing with melody or harmony.
* Milton
(South Africa, slang, transitive) To cheek; to be impudent towards.
Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.
The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.
An act to frame someone; an effort or arrangement aimed at placing the blame on somebody.
(computing) An installer.
(operations) The process of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product.
As nouns the difference between tune and setup
is that tune is a melody while setup is equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.As verbs the difference between tune and setup
is that tune is to modify a musical instrument so that it produces the correct pitches while setup is .tune
English
(wikipedia tune)Noun
(en noun)- Your engine needs a good tune .
- Your engine is now in tune .
- This piano is not in tune .
- You heard the new Rizzle Kicks song? —Mate, that is a tune !
- the tune of your voices
- 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 tuneVerb
(tun)- to tune a piano or a violin
- Tune your harps.
- (Shakespeare)
- For now to sorrow must I tune my song.
- Fountains, and ye, that warble, as ye flow, / Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
- Are you tuning me?
Derived terms
* fine-tune * stay tuned * tune in * * tuner * tune out * tune upExternal links
* *Anagrams
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English
Alternative forms
* set-upNoun
(en noun) (wikipedia setup)- The laboratory included an elaborate setup for measuring the energy.
- The classroom setup was simple and efficient.
- Trust me, that was a setup !
- After inserting the disk, run the setup .
- A simple setup on the bottling line involves reloading bottles and labels; emptying, cleaning, and reloading the tanks; and a test run.
