modulation vs drone

drone vs modulation

modulation and drone both are nouns.

modulation is not a verb while drone is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
modulation	Yes	No	No	No
drone	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, drone is a hyponym of modulation; that is, drone is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than modulation:

modulation: rise and fall of the voice pitch
drone: an unchanging intonation

Other hyponyms of modulation include intonation pattern, droning, monotone, singsong.

modulation (noun)	drone (noun)
the act of modifying or adjusting according to due measure and proportion (as with regard to artistic effect)	stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
(electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase	a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
a musical passage moving from one key to another	an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control
rise and fall of the voice pitch	an unchanging intonation
a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified	someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

modulation (verb)	drone (verb)
	talk in a monotonous voice
	make a monotonous low dull sound

Difference between modulation and drone

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