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flat vs monotone

monotone vs flat

flat and monotone both are nouns.

flat and monotone both are adjectives.

flat is an adverb but monotone is not an adverb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
flat Yes Yes No Yes
monotone Yes Yes No No
As adjectives, flat and monotone are synonyms defined as:
  • flat and monotone: sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
Other synonyms of flat include monotonic, monotonous.
flat (noun) monotone (noun)
a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house an unchanging intonation
scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)
a deflated pneumatic tire
freight car without permanent sides or roof
a shallow box in which seedlings are started
a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
a level tract of land
flat (adjective) monotone (adjective)
(of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value
lacking contrast or shading between tones sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
not reflecting light; not glossy
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
horizontally level
commercially inactive
lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
having lost effervescence
having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
lacking taste or flavor or tang
flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
not modified or restricted by reservations
lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
flat (adverb) monotone (adverb)
in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
with flat sails
Difference between flat and monotone

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