shake vs tone
tone vs shakeshake and tone both are nouns.
shake and tone both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| shake | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| tone | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
tone is a hypernym of
shake; that is, tone is a
word with a broader meaning than shake:
- shake: a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
- tone: a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
Other hypernyms of shake include
musical note, note.
| shake (noun) | tone (noun) |
|---|---|
| a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement | a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color |
| causing to move repeatedly from side to side | (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound) |
| grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract) | (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages |
| a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it | the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author |
| frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream | a steady sound without overtones |
| building material used as siding or roofing | 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 |
| shake (verb) | tone (verb) |
|---|---|
| move with or as if with a tremor | give a healthy elasticity to |
| undermine or cause to waver | change to a color image |
| bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking | change the color or tone of |
| shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state | utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically |
| stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of | vary the pitch of one's speech |
| move or cause to move back and forth | |
| shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively | |
| move back and forth or sideways | |
| get rid of |
Words related to "shake"
- Britain
- Great Britain
- U.K.
- UK
- United Kingdom
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- acknowledgement
- acknowledgment
- affright
- agitate
- agitation
- alter
- animate
- arouse
- break loose
- building material
- change
- concuss
- contract
- convulse
- didder
- drink
- eggshake
- elate
- elicit
- enkindle
- enliven
- escape
- escape from
- evoke
- exalt
- excite
- fan
- fire
- fluff up
- frappe
- fright
- frighten
- fuel
- geek out
- gesticulate
- gesture
- get away
- handclasp
- handshake
- handshaking
- inborn reflex
- innate reflex
- inspire
- instinctive reflex
- intoxicate
- invigorate
- invite
- jactitate
- jiggle
- joggle
- judder
- kindle
- lift up
- malt
- malted
- malted milk
- milk shake
- milkshake
- modify
- motion
- move
- move back and forth
- move involuntarily
- move reflexively
- musical note
- note
- nutate
- palpitate
- physiological reaction
- pick up
- plump up
- provoke
- quake
- raise
- rattle
- reflex
- reflex action
- reflex response
- rock
- roll
- scare
- sex
- shake off
- shake up
- shaker
- shaking
- shaky
- shingle
- shiver
- slash
- sparge
- stimulate
- stir
- succuss
- swag
- sway
- tempt
- thrash
- thrash about
- thresh
- thresh about
- thrill
- throw off
- tickle
- titillate
- tone
- toss
- totter
- tremble
- tremor
- trill
- turn on
- unconditioned reflex
- uplift
- vibrate
- wag
- waggle
- weaken
- wiggle
- wind up
Words related to "tone"
- Hollywood
- Zeitgeist
- acciaccatura
- ambiance
- ambience
- appoggiatura
- atmosphere
- auditory sensation
- blue note
- catatonia
- chant
- chord
- color
- color in
- coloration
- coloring
- colorise
- colorize
- colour
- colour in
- colouration
- colouring
- colourise
- colourize
- crotchet
- delivery
- demisemiquaver
- discolor
- discolour
- dominant
- eighth note
- exercise
- feel
- feeling
- flavor
- flavour
- grace note
- half note
- harmonic
- hemidemisemiquaver
- hypertonia
- hypertonicity
- hypertonus
- hypotonia
- hypotonicity
- hypotonus
- inflect
- interval
- intonate
- intone
- keynote
- leading tone
- linguistics
- look
- manner of speaking
- mediant
- mellowness
- metallicity
- middle C
- minim
- modulate
- monotone
- mouth
- muscle
- muscle tone
- muscular tissue
- muscular tonus
- music
- musical interval
- musical notation
- musical note
- musical scale
- myotonia
- nasality
- note
- passing note
- passing tone
- pedal
- pedal point
- pitch
- plangency
- pure tone
- quality
- quarter note
- quaver
- register
- resonance
- reverberance
- richness
- ringing
- rotundity
- roundness
- scale
- semibreve
- semiquaver
- shade
- shake
- shrillness
- sixteenth note
- sixty-fourth note
- smell
- sonority
- sonorousness
- sound
- sound property
- speak
- speech
- spirit
- step
- strengthen
- stridence
- stridency
- subdominant
- submediant
- subtonic
- supertonic
- talk
- tautness
- tenseness
- tension
- tensity
- thirty-second note
- timber
- timbre
- tincture
- tinge
- tint
- tonal
- tone of voice
- tone up
- toner
- tonic
- tonicity
- tonus
- trill
- undertone
- utter
- verbalise
- verbalize
- vibrancy
- whole note
- whole step
- whole tone
- work out
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