mellowness vs tone

tone vs mellowness

mellowness and tone both are nouns.

mellowness is not a verb while tone is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mellowness	Yes	No	No	No
tone	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, tone is a hypernym of mellowness; that is, tone is a word with a broader meaning than mellowness:

mellowness: a soft shade of a color
tone: a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color

Other hypernyms of mellowness include shade, tincture, tint.

mellowness (noun)	tone (noun)
the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing	a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
a soft shade of a color	(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
geniality, as through the effects of alcohol or marijuana	(linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
a taste (especially of fruit) that is ripe and of full flavor	the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
a feeling of good humor and sympathy through maturity or intoxication or a relaxed state	a steady sound without overtones
	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

mellowness (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 mellowness and tone

Words related to "tone"

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