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pitch contour vs monotone

monotone vs pitch contour

pitch contour and monotone both are nouns.

pitch contour is not an adjective while monotone is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
pitch contour Yes No No No
monotone Yes Yes No No
As nouns, monotone is a hyponym of pitch contour; that is, monotone is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than pitch contour:
  • pitch contour: rise and fall of the voice pitch
  • monotone: an unchanging intonation
Other hyponyms of pitch contour include intonation pattern, drone, droning, singsong.
pitch contour (noun) monotone (noun)
rise and fall of the voice pitch an unchanging intonation
a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)
pitch contour (adjective) monotone (adjective)
of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value
sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
Difference between pitch contour and monotone

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