musical note vs tonic

tonic vs musical note

musical note and tonic both are nouns.

musical note is not an adjective while tonic is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
musical note	Yes	No	No	No
tonic	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, tonic is a hyponym of musical note; that is, tonic is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than musical note:

musical note: a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
tonic: (music) the first note of a diatonic scale

Other hyponyms of musical note include keynote, supertonic, mediant, subdominant, dominant, submediant, leading tone, subtonic, pedal, pedal point, shake, trill, middle C, chord, passing note, passing tone, semibreve, whole note, half note, minim, crotchet, quarter note, eighth note, quaver, semiquaver, sixteenth note, demisemiquaver, thirty-second note, hemidemisemiquaver, sixty-fourth note, acciaccatura, appoggiatura, grace note, blue note, monotone.

musical note (noun)	tonic (noun)
a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound	a medicine that strengthens and invigorates
	(music) the first note of a diatonic scale
	a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring
	lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine

musical note (adjective)	tonic (adjective)
	(used of syllables) bearing the principle stress, usually accompanied by a change in pitch
	employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words
	of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue
	imparting vitality and energy
	relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale

Difference between musical note and tonic

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