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Undertone vs Connotation - What's the difference?

undertone | connotation |

As nouns the difference between undertone and connotation

is that undertone is an auditory tone of low pitch or volume while connotation is a meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.

undertone

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • an auditory tone of low pitch or volume
  • an implicit message perceived subtly alongside, but not detracting noticeably from, the explicit message conveyed in or by a book, film, verbal dialogue or similar (contrast with overtone); an undercurrent
  • a pale colour, or one seen underneath another colour
  • connotation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.
  • The connotations of the phrase "you are a dog" are that you are physically unattractive or morally reprehensible, not that you are a canine.
  • A technical term in logic used by J. S. Mill and later logicians to refer to the attribute or aggregate of attributes connoted by a term, and contrasted with denotation .
  • The two expressions "the morning star" and "the evening star" have different connotations but the same denotation (i.e. the planet Venus).

    Antonyms

    * denotation

    Synonyms

    * intension

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