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atmosphere vs tone

tone vs atmosphere

atmosphere and tone both are nouns.

atmosphere is not a verb while tone is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
atmosphere Yes No No No
tone Yes No Yes No
As nouns, tone is a hyponym of atmosphere; that is, tone is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than atmosphere:
  • atmosphere: a particular environment or surrounding influence
  • tone: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Other hyponyms of atmosphere include genius loci, gloom, gloominess, glumness, miasm, miasma, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell, spirit, headiness.
atmosphere (noun) tone (noun)
a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
the mass of air surrounding the Earth (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
the weather or climate at some place a steady sound without overtones
a particular environment or surrounding influence a musical interval of two semitones
the quality of a person's voice
a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
atmosphere (verb) tone (verb)
give a healthy elasticity to
change to a color image
change the color or tone of
utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
vary the pitch of one's speech
Difference between atmosphere and tone

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